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13 Blues for Thirteen Moons - Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
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69 out of 100

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9.0 out of 10

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  • Summary: The fifth full-length album by the Canadian group features four songs and 12 instrumental introductions.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. The A.V. Club
    91
    Today's politically charged songwriters can drop coy manifestos and clever metaphors all they want--Silver Mt Zion's 13 Blues actually flushes out the psychic, karmic residue of a suicidal civilization just to stomp around in all that apocalyptic plasma.
  2. Drowned In Sound
    90
    13 Blues… scores 10 in almost every sense, but to award such an accolade would imply this is a record never to be bettered.
  3. Mojo
    60
    Efrim Menuck's off-key wail remains an acquired taste, but there's undeniable collective commitment. [Apr 2008, p.112]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
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  1. AlanS
    10
    This is so beautiful and haunting...Im scared to listen to it alone in the dark...pitchfork have NO idea!
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  2. CarlS
    9
    I give it a 9 instead of a 10 because they toned down the strings a little too much, but otherwise I think this album is brilliant and intense, and well worth sitting through 15 minute songs for.… Expand
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