CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
JOHN ANDERSON: I Just Came Home To Count The Memories" (Warner Bros.):: Hes smart, hes honest, but what makes him a country comer is the edge on his husky baritone, too indistinct and decorative to be called a vibrato or even a burr. His instinctively sentimental reading of Dont Think Twice"
CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
DEPARTMRNTS
by Robert Christgau
JOHN ANDERSON: I Just Came Home To Count The Memories" (Warner Bros.):: Hes smart, hes honest, but what makes him a country comer is the edge on his husky baritone, too indistinct and decorative to be called a vibrato or even a burr. His instinctively sentimental reading of Dont Think Twice" establishes the limits of baritone, smarts, and honesty all at once, and I spent enough time pondering whether this was worth a B plus to conclude that Id have known in a jiffy if I was as familiar with the Frizzell and Delmore classics he has the smarts and honesty to revive as I am with the Dylan. Which should tell you what kind of B plus its worth. This kind: B