★★★★★
Although Fulks first gained prominence as part of the Nineties alt-country boom, his iconoclastic attitude and far-ranging songwriting talent allowed him to transcend the limitations of that scene.
- www.austinchronicle.com
2014-03-13
★★★★★
Release Date: Aug. 27, 2013 Nobody currently making music does traditional country better than Chicago's Robbie Fulks. Nobody. If 2005's Georgia Hard, 1996's South Mouth or 1996's Country Love Songs were not enough proof, then his current album Gone Away Backwards will probably cement things. The album opens with the simple and direct "I'll Trade Your Money for Wine," an unadorned charmer that features Jenny Schneiman's violin, a lightly plucked acoustic guitar and Fulks' inimitable vocals...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-09-15
★★★★★
Chicago's Alt-Pioneer Goes Back To The Country
At this point the Robbie Fulks' country cred is so beyond reproach that it's hard to believe that the modifier "alt" could have ever swayed the faithful from his reverent brand twang. But for a guy who just turned 50, what's so invigorating to observe in Fulks isn't an adherence to some stuffy notion of orthodoxy, it's how little he gives a crap about anyone else's notion of great music other than his own...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-09-04
★★★★★
Always the contentious kind, Robbie Fulks flexes the old Tareyton Cigarettes mode of doing business: "I'd rather fight than switch." To that end, he's remained staunchly Appalachian, long before Americana deemed acoustic roots music its own oeuvre. With Gone Away Backward, he delivers a tour du force of bluegrass-derived spare country...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2013-08-28
★★★★★
While Robbie Fulks didn't go anywhere in the past eight years--he digitally self-released a 50-song collection called 50-Vc. Doberman in 2009 and a compilation of Michael Jackson covers called Happy in 2010, and held a weekly residence at Chicago's Hideout--he has kept a lower profile since 2005's Georgia Hard, the last studio album he released through a record label. With its promo photos from Georgia Hard, even his website feels a little stuck in time...
- www.avclub.com
2013-08-27
★★★★★
ROBBIE FULKS -- Gone Away Backward
Album:
Gone Away Backward
Artist: Robbie Fulks
Label: Bloodshot
Release Date: August 27, 2013
www.bloodshotrecords.com
BY LEE ZIMMERMAN
Considering the rowdy reputation Robbie Fulks has garnered over the years, it's somewhat surprising to find that the aptly titled Gone Away Backward has him abandoning any hint of insurgent...
- blurtonline.com
2013-08-28
★★★★★
It's fitting that in his current press bio, Robbie Fulks gets called "an alt-country genius" by Tina Fey. Like her, he's smart and funny, though on early discs he occasionally strayed into smart-ass territory. He has flown a bit under the radar as of late, but he deserves renewed attention with this top-notch outing. reunites him with Bloodshot (his first album for that label since 2001) and was recorded and mixed by the renowned Steve Albini...
- exclaim.ca
2013-08-27
★★★★★
At this point the Robbie Fulks' country cred is so beyond reproach that it's hard to believe that the modifier "alt" could have ever swayed the faithful from his reverent brand twang. But for a guy who just turned 50, what's so invigorating to observe in Fulks isn't an adherence to some stuffy notion of orthodoxy, it's how little he gives a crap about anyone else's notion of great music other than his own...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-08-26
★★★★★
Robbie Fulks has returned to Bloodshot Records, where he started out singing country twang with songs such as "She Took a Lot of Pills (And She Died)" and "Goodbye, Good Looking" in the alternative country "boom" of the 1990s. Since then he's been on Geffen (with the raucous Let's Kill Saturday Night from 1998), and Yep Roc, with Georgia Hard and 2010's rather odd Happy, a record of Michael Jackson covers...
- www.ink19.com
2013-08-12
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