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According to the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the
result sounds "Symphonic.
Hymnlike. Orchestral." The band
plays acoustic or
amplified on
major festival stages...
- if she were
still alive."
Vickie Ilmer from Star
Tribune called it "a
hymnlike introspective discourse questioning hard
times and
retaining spirituality"...
- cross-rhythms,
sudden shifts from
piano to forte, and
idyllic and even
hymnlike episodes."
Allegro vivace e con brio (F major)
Allegretto scherzando (B♭...
- "the
haunted air of a
classic country murder ballad" and the latter's "
hymnlike glow". USA
Today awarded the
album three stars out of four and
stated that...
-
Coast Highway".
Described by
critics as "introspective", "autumnal", and "
hymnlike", the song
takes the
perspective of an aged
person driving down the highway...
-
moving moments." Jon
Pareles of The New York
Times described it as a "
hymnlike,
bitterly self-accusatory [song]."
Susan Hansen of
Clash praised it, saying...
-
sounds rather like a chorale, with the
violas and
cellos softly singing a
hymnlike tune that will
gradually build up to the
first climax of the symphony....
-
music critics who
applauded the song's
lyrical content, its
vocals and the
hymnlike character,
while others found the song
would sound too clichéd and outdated...
- He continued: "Halfway through, the
track pauses, then
offers another hymnlike verse; the
dance beat returns, a
little pushier with
electronic handclaps...
- and rejection. The
album opens with the lead
single "By Your Side", a
hymnlike song that
received comparisons to "A
Whiter Shade of Pale" and "No Woman...
