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"One of America's best- and most underrated - songwriters.
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--PopMatters

"A voice to turn goodgirls bad...Maybe crazy but damn exciting."

--The Village Voice

"Put simply, the ReidPaley Trio knows how to get down. He's got mischief in his eye, Elvis in hisjoints, and booze everywhere else."

--NYRock

"What? You want somekind of description of the artist and his music? Just fucking listen to the guyand enjoy his prowess."

-- Frank Black a.k.a. BlackFrancis

"One of the EastCoast's best-kept secrets...You need to see him."

--What's On In London

"A proudly weird talentwith a nervy raw appeal."

--Time Out New York

"Straightforward,sarcastic, funny and gifted at putting a song together."

--New York Press

“So many critics wax onabout how Reid Paley is an underrated, undiscovered talent -- but it's actuallytrue. He's an immensely talented singer-guitarist-songwriter...This is the"real thing", but it doesn't comfortably fit in any category to reachthe masses.”

--Cheap Thrills Boston

“The bastard child ofSinatra and Lemmy.”

--Random Magazine UK

“Possessed with the voice ofa drunken wolf…Songs that roar."

--Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

"Best Actual Gig of theYear. Very very impressive."

--Sleazegrinder UK

"Reduce-you-to-tearsrazor wit...Reid Paley ought to be a household name."

--Pittsburgh City Paper

"As Baudelaire was thespleen of Paris, Reid Paley is the spleen of New York... How else could hewrite such messianic blues, such prophetic rock 'n' roll?"

--442éme Rue, Paris

“A jazz-blues-rockabillysound so distinctive that it takes a while for your listening organs to balancethe gruff, hoarse voice with the excellent playing. A dark wit that will haveyou spitting your dinner over the stereo in mirth.”

--SoundsXP UK

"More messy jazz from adrunken genius."

--City Life, Manchester UK

"Everyone has afavorite drinking album. Right now, mine is REVIVAL... For all his simplicity,Reid is like nobody else."

--Seattle Weekly

"A soot-black sense ofhumor as biting as an underfed Rottweiler."

--Cleveland Free Times

"For fans of churlishhonesty and unaffected one-man shows, REVIVAL is a nonstop riot."

--San Francisco Weekly

"An unholy howl of avoice."

--CMJ

"A great musicalattraction...a sort of Sinatra for the disaffected."

--Mississippi Reflector

"Reid Paley is the kindof artist Seattle loves."

--The Stranger
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