The Order of Time

Valerie June - The Order of Time
Critic Score
Based on 10 reviews
2017 Ratings: #43 / 940
User Score
Based on 161 ratings
2017 Rank: #467
Liked by 4 people
March 10, 2017 / Release Date
LP / Format
- / Label
Americana / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
The Independent

Her follow-up to 2013’s sublime Pushin’ Against A Stone finds Valerie June expanding her unique blend of blues, soul and mountain music to create a distinctive hybrid in which past and future coalesce with gentle power.

90
PopMatters

Valerie June follows-up a highly regarded debut with a stronger, tighter set of songs around the theme of time and its passing. The Order of Time is unique and presents a confident and dynamic songwriter and performer with a rich background in stylistic and regional influences.

90
Exclaim!
This is the singer-songwriter as wise woman, as wickedly sharp village witch.
90
Slant Magazine
This is music that's made to sound like it might have sprung up from the ground beneath our feet but just as easily could have descended from another dimension.
80
AllMusic

With The Order of Time, she exudes the languid pace of the South with poetic songs and spacy arrangements that breeze out through the screen door.

80
The Guardian
Her second album finds the Tennessean again blending genres – folk, classic pop, soul and Appalachian bluegrass – into a cohesive whole, thanks to her top-notch songwriting and sublime musicianship.
70
American Songwriter

More ornate and richly produced than any of her previous recordings, The Order Of Time fully establishes June as a proper auteur who has long transcended any limitations as a quaint revivalist.

winitheju
64

I found her voice annoying.

tha138
66

On her second, formal album, the lady from Memphis makes her neo-appalachian blues according to the traditional way, without forgetting to add some modern touches of her own that save them from becoming fossils.

MasterCrackfox
72

A younger version of me would never believe that 24 year old Caleb would listen to a southern bluesy soul album, but here we are. June’s twang is oddly infectious on an album that is both gentle and fun.

MasterCrackfox
72

A younger version of me would never believe that 24 year old Caleb would listen to a southern bluesy soul album, but here we are. June’s twang is oddly infectious on an album that is both gentle and fun.

tha138
66

On her second, formal album, the lady from Memphis makes her neo-appalachian blues according to the traditional way, without forgetting to add some modern touches of her own that save them from becoming fossils.

CheapandLethal
65

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Added on: October 25, 2016