Crows (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Crows

| type = studio

| artist = Allison Moorer

| cover = CrowsAllisonMoorer.jpg

| alt =

| released = February 9, 2010

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Folk, Country Pop

| length = 48:07

| label = Rykodisc

| producer = R.S. Field, Allison Moorer

| prev_title = Mockingbird

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title = Down to Believing

| next_year = 2015

}}

{{Music ratings

|MC=79/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/crows/allison-moorer|title=Crows Reviews|publisher=Metacritic.com}}

|rev1=Allmusic

|rev1Score={{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|author=Mark Deming |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/crows-mw0001955811 |title=Crows - Allison Moorer | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2010-02-09 |accessdate=2014-01-05}}

|rev2=Los Angeles Times

|rev2Score={{Rating|3.5|4|score=3.4 stars on a 4 point scale}} {{cite web|author= |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/02/album-review-allison-moorers-crows.html |title=Album review: Allison Moorer's 'Crows' - latimes.com |publisher=Latimesblogs.latimes.com |date=2010-02-08 |accessdate=2014-01-05}}

|rev3=Spin Magazine

|rev3Score={{Rating|7|10}} {{cite web|last=Wood |first=Mikael |url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/allison-moorer-crows-rykodisc/ |title=Allison Moorer, 'Crows' Review |publisher=Spin.com |date=2010-02-08 |accessdate=2014-01-05}}

|rev4=BBC

|rev4Score= Favourable {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/cj9p |title=Music - Review of Allison Moorer - Crows |publisher=BBC |date=2010-02-08 |accessdate=2014-01-05}}

|rev5=Boston Globe

|rev5Score= Favourable{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2010/02/01/allison_moorer_crows/ |title=Allison Moorer, 'Crows' - The Boston Globe |newspaper=Boston.com |date=2010-02-01 |accessdate=2014-01-05}}

|rev6=Popmatters

|rev6Score={{Rating|8|10}} {{cite web|last=Miller |first=Cody |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/120720-allison-moorer-crows/ |title=Allison Moorer: Crows |publisher=PopMatters |date= |accessdate=2014-01-05}}

|rev7=Slant Magazine

|rev7Score={{Rating|4.5|5}} {{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/allison-moorer-crows/1996 |title=Allison Moorer: Crows | Music Review |publisher=Slant Magazine |date= |accessdate=2014-01-05}}

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Crows is the seventh studio album by singer/songwriter Allison Moorer. It is her first for new label Rykodisc and sees her reunited with producer R.S. Field for the first time since 2004's The Duel. Moorer wrote 12 of the 13 songs on the album while she was between labels and expecting her first child. Featuring a more intimate sound and recorded in four days in September 2009 with no overdubs,{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-bialas/allison-moorer-huffpo-int_b_448835.html |title=Michael Bialas: Allison Moorer HuffPo Interview: Awaiting John Henry Earle |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-05}} the album earned plenty of acclaim with Slant Magazine writing: "Moorer's performance here is arguably a career best. As a fully realized, heady concept that is all but flawless in its execution, Crows joins Hardest and Duel as the third unqualified masterpiece of Moorer's rich career" while AllMusic wrote that "Crows is a mature and artful set of keenly intelligent pop tunes from a singer and songwriter determined to avoid easy categorization."

An acoustic EP, titled Crows Acoustic, was released on May 25, 2010 and included six tracks.