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Crossing Muddy Waters

by John Hiatt

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2000

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Overall Rating: 3.0531 Crossing Muddy Waters is ranked overall as 3.0531 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.2067 Crossing Muddy Waters has an avg. critic score of 3.2067 out of 4 stars

Crossing Muddy Waters Album Reviews

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All Music Guide

The most natural and relaxed John Hiatt album in years...Hiatt's voice has never sounded better; its course edges sometimes straining for high notes works perfectly with this craggy, unpolished music. ...more

PopMatters

Things couldn't be much better for John Hiatt right now. Seen on public television weekly as the host of Sessions at West 54th Street , Hiatt's music has been highly visible as well. He had a song on the soundtrack to the film Where the Heart Is , and retooled his "Riding with the King" for use as the title cut on the recent Eric Clapton / B. B. ...more

Yahoo! Music

Stripped-down, back-porch recordings may be all the rage among the kids; but more often than not, the result is forced--or simply the kind of music that should be relegated to a back porch, not a record. Perhaps it takes an old (OK...middle-aged) guy with some mileage on his frame--like veteran singer-songwriter John Hiatt --to pull it off. ...more

Yahoo! Music

John Hiatt's 16th effort is a marked departure from his work of the previous 25 years, and a vast improvement over 1997's disappointing Little Head. Hiatt retrenched and recorded his first drummer-less, predominantly acoustic record for Vanguard. ...more

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This CD, featuring an almost exclusively acoustic set of blues by John Hiatt, is evocative, emotional, and utterly successful. From the opening, road-trip strains of "Lincoln Town" to the closing of "Before I Go," it is a set of music that ...read the complete review at The Daily Vault Album Reviews

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Q Magazine

These songs snap at the outer edges of country, blues and folk, their emotional turmoil leavened by moments of bone-dry...read the complete review at Q Magazine

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