Anna Calvi
by Anna Calvi
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Mar 1, 2011
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 38 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
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  1. Ricko
    Aug 17, 2020
    6
    Anna Calvi is very successful in creating moods and textures on her debut album. I'm left unconvinced if she is a particularly good songwriter at this point. Her songwriting had improved a lot by the time of her third album "Hunter" but on this eponymous debut, while it is full of style, truly memorable tracks are scarce enough. The PJ Harvey comparisons are obvious but for me completelyAnna Calvi is very successful in creating moods and textures on her debut album. I'm left unconvinced if she is a particularly good songwriter at this point. Her songwriting had improved a lot by the time of her third album "Hunter" but on this eponymous debut, while it is full of style, truly memorable tracks are scarce enough. The PJ Harvey comparisons are obvious but for me completely unjustified.… Expand

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#55 Most Shared Album of 2011

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. Mojo
    Apr 6, 2011
    80
    Italian-blooded debutante rocks passionately. [March 2011, p. 96]
  2. No Ripcord
    Apr 1, 2011
    70
    While a fairly brisk listen, the album does start to drag in its second half. Not that the later songs are particularly weak, but the only thing that really marks them out from those in the first is that they're a bit quieter.
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  3. The New York Times
    Mar 21, 2011
    80
    As Ms. Calvi sings about the overpowering forces of heavenly love and demonic passion, she can go from whisper to cataclysm in four minutes, and she regularly does.
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