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64 out of 100

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8.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 33 Ratings

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  • Summary: The Irish singer-songwriter returns with a second album.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 28
  3. Negative: 2 out of 28
  1. musicOMH.com
    100
    Overall, Rice has produced a release which equals and perhaps even surpasses his debut, a album that takes you through emotional highs and lows you are unlikely to hear anywhere else this winter.
  2. Rolling Stone
    60
    The tortured melancholy bit -- part of it, anyway -- takes a back seat on the follow-up to this Irish bard's well-loved 2003 debut.
  3. Stylus Magazine
    25
    The biggest problem might be Rice's vocal technique. On O, he had a tendency to endearingly strain for notes he couldn't reach. Now, it sounds like he's purposefully written songs to allow him to overextend his thin voice.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. CarlyH.
    10
    Pitchfork, i read your review, it was RETARDED. You have no REAL reasons behind hating this album. I hate you, pitchfork.
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  2. PatrickC
    5
    I am a Damien Rice fan, but this is a mentally draining album that I couldn't listen to twice in one week. Disappointing
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. MattD.
    3
    Will likely turn off some of his old fans, and not get him any new ones. Here, he not only has ho-hum playing, but a few songs have a bad tortured man routine.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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