| Odessa | ||||
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Recorded | Kingsize Sound Laboratories, Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Rock [1] | |||
| Length | 47:16 | |||
| Label | Carrot Top [2] | |||
| Producer | Dave Trumfio, Brett Sparks | |||
| The Handsome Family chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | A− [4] |
Odessa is the first album by American band The Handsome Family. [5] [6] It was released 1994 by Carrot Top Records. [7]
AllMusic wrote that "Brett Sparks' plain but resonant Midwestern twang gives the songs on Odessa the ring of common truth, and he and Rennie Sparks had already established themselves as writers to be reckoned with, conjuring a lyrical voice that sounds homey and terribly alienated at the same time." [1] Greil Marcus called the album an effort to "transfer the fatalism of the old murder ballads into modern life." [8] Trouser Press wrote that "if Odessa has a fault, it’s lyrics that are sometimes too coyly knowing, tossing off pop cultural references to no real effect." [7]
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