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"In her day job, Scialfa has a voice that`s often compared to Ronnie Spector`s brassy wail, but on these tightly focused, grown-up vignettes about sin and salvation and the hard-fought struggle for honesty in a relationship, she slurs and bebops like Rickie Lee Jones. With a crack rhythm section (including a dude named Bruce playing on almost half the tracks), Play It As It Lays reveals a woman on the other side of the tunnel of love -- confused, a little scared and ready for another spin. (3.5 STARS)" Alan Light, rollingstone.com (Sony)