CRITICS LAUDED THREE
SHEETS TO THE WIND FOR ITS COLOR AND CRAFT. A REVIEW BY
JONATHON PERRY COMMENTED THAT THREE SHEETS IS "THE KIND OF RECORD THAT CONVINCES YOU
THAT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING IS THE PERFECT TIME OF DAY," ADDING THAT "MARTIN'S
GIFT FOR WRITING UTTERLY MAGNIFICENT SONGS" IS HIGHLIGHTED BY HIS "SIGNATURE FOUR
STRINGS" THAT "SHADE MARTIN'S SONGS WITH STRANGE, HAZY COLORS."
MUSICIAN
ALSO MENTIONED JEFF'S FOUR-STRING GUITARS, NOTING "A VARIETY OF ODD
TUNINGS" AND "DANCING MELODIES THAT ALWAYS FEATURE AT LEAST ONE CLEVER TWIST.
HE'S ALSO GOT A BRILLIANT CHORDAL SENSE," AND "MUSICAL SAVVY" MAKES THAT MAKES THE ALBUM
STAND OUT. "FINE AS IDAHO'S PREVIOUS TWO ALBUMS WERE, THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND SOUNDS WARMER,
MORE EXPANSIVE."
RETROACTIVE BAGGAGE
COMMENTED THAT THE ALBUM IS THE PERFECT SOUNDTRACK FOR "ONE OF THOSE SLOW AFTERNOONS WHEN NOTHING IS
GOING PARTICULARLY WELL, YOUR LIFE IS DIRECTIONLESS AND THE SKY IS GREY."
BUT MUSICIAN CAPTURED THREE SHEETS BEST: "MUSIC DOESN'T COME MUCH SADDER THAN THIS, OR MUCH PRETTIER."
