A Picture Of The Three Of Us At The Gate To The Garden Of Eden
by These United States
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6

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  1. PA
    Apr 4, 2008
    10
    This is the best album of the year so far.
  2. MrWonder
    Aug 8, 2012
    8
    I wrote a rather lengthy review of the band's newest album (self-titled). I won't go into quite as much detail here. In some ways, it's a quirky album, with electronic moments that speak of a composed "laptop" album. It's atypical These United States, in many ways, as the band is known for its guitars, including a wonderful pedal steel, and on-stage energy. It's not a bad album by anyI wrote a rather lengthy review of the band's newest album (self-titled). I won't go into quite as much detail here. In some ways, it's a quirky album, with electronic moments that speak of a composed "laptop" album. It's atypical These United States, in many ways, as the band is known for its guitars, including a wonderful pedal steel, and on-stage energy. It's not a bad album by any means; in fact, it's quite good, but very different from the These United States you will experience live or on the other albums. It's not a first choice for recommending the band to friends, but it's a good start from their roots of 2007/2008.… Expand

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Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Alternative Press
    80
    The result is a beautiful collection of understated, orchestral roots rock that will enrapture both NPR and Pitchfork devotees. [Apr 2008, p.153]
  2. Austin Chronicle
    89
    Highlight and opener 'First Sight' consciously cops Postal Service pulse, but Elliott's emotion lies in the shading dodge that dances ever on the periphery of his poeticism.
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  3. Dusted Magazine
    40
    Picture is an album’s worth of universal feelings spoiled by his compulsion to present them as sordid or literary, to make them clever or allusive or needlessly alliterative
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