Til We Have Faces<\/em>, arrived almost 20 years ago.<\/p>\nI\u2019ve grown to love them more every year since then, but my favorite of their albums has been 1996\u2019s Good Dog Bad Dog<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n\u2026 until now.<\/p>\n
The Long Surrender<\/em> is, in my opinion, the pinnacle of their career as songwriters, performers, and recording artists. They turned to the best producer working today \u2013 Joe Henry \u2013 and he, in turn, brought out the best in them.<\/p>\nI\u2019ll have an epic-length full review soon, after I finish revising my manuscript (which is currently taking all of my time).<\/p>\n
The album has been streaming this weekend for those who contributed to the cause. It will go on sale January 11, 2011. (Yep\u2026 1\/11\/11.)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1051,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-76629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journal","tag-over-the-rhine"],"yoast_head":"\n
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