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  • Artist(s): Elisa Ambrogio, Benjamin Chasny
  • Summary: This debut album is the collaboration between Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance and Elisa Ambrogio of Magik Markers.
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  • Record Label: Drag City
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. The Wire
    Dec 6, 2011
    80
    This pairing actually works almost as well as the one that produced that incredible LP [1964's Folk Roots, New Routes]. [Nov 2011, p.67]
  2. Dec 1, 2011
    80
    On 200 Years, Ben and Elisa play their mortality out, unnerved and reassuring, wisely, beautifully.
  3. Dec 1, 2011
    77
    The most impressive aspect of 200 Years, especially considering it as the debut of a new collaboration, is its overall aura of cool confidence.
  4. Dec 19, 2011
    60
    200 Years is as subtle as they come and makes for excellent background music, especially if you're feeling fragile.
  5. Dec 1, 2011
    50
    It's hard to imagine 200 Years standing out, even considering its low-key spirit.
  6. Uncut
    Dec 1, 2011
    40
    For the most part this is worthy of a half-decent coffeehouse open mic night, nothing more. [Dec 2011, p.79]
  7. Dec 1, 2011
    30
    The repetition and sameness of the 10 songs on 200 Years quickly becomes mind-numbing, the painful plainsong wearing out its welcome before the record reaches the halfway point, let alone by the end of its 40 long minutes.