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We All Belong
by Dr. Dog
The fourth album for the Philadelphia band was recorded on a 24-track tape.
| LABEL: |
Park the Van |
| RELEASE DATE: |
27 February 2007 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Rock, Indie |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
91
Entertainment Weekly
Like pals My Morning Jacket, Dr. Dog blend ''classic rock'' elements into woozy, idiosyncratic songs all their own.
90
All Music Guide
We All Belong is a little bit cleaner and dressed a little bit nicer than "Easy Beat," but the rustic appeal of the music still comes through loud and clear.
90
Alternative Press
We All Belong is phenomenally consistent.
90
Delusions of Adequacy
Everything comes together in a melting pot of rock and pop that is both delightful and intriguing. It has melodies, smart and quirky lyrics, and the band features some unique musicianship that is executed well.
80
Village Voice
They're totally authentic about being inauthentic. Like Guitar Bob, that makes them easy to love.
75
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Spend any time with We All Belong's winning songs about wonderment, disappointment, and packing up and moving on and you'll find a lot of work.
70
Rolling Stone
Even when a sense of agitation seeps in, as on 'Die, Die, Die,' We All Belong sounds truly inviting. Dig it.
70
Sputnikmusic
While the most fitting genre to place Dr. Dog’s latest, We All Belong , in may be Indie-Pop, the 12 songs that make it up don’t sound a whole lot like The Shins or Death Cab for Cutie. We All Belong instead sounds like an album that was buried in Brian Wilson’s backyard for 40 or so years.
55
Prefix Magazine
Ultimately, We All Belong hints at the band's innocuousness. Nothing here offends, but there's nothing anywhere near compelling, either.
55
Pitchfork
Hold it by its edges and the experience of this album suffers––the rocky center is where we find personal truths writ well.
50
PopMatters
Dr. Dog simply doesn’t offer us anything new, or anything else worth listening to.
50
Austin Chronicle
While the album revels in retro cross-pollination, and the title track's dream that "It won't be long before we all belong to love," echoes Lennon's counterpoint of responsibility throughout, Dr. Dog's zealous frivolity is infectious but ultimately fleeting.
50
The Phoenix
Those vocal harmonies are used to good effect in the blue-eyed-soul tune 'Alaska.' But 'Die Die Die,' a slow and raggedy piece of psychedelia complete with funereal organ but thrown askew by out-of-place handclaps, is far too taken in by its own gloom.
The average user rating for this album is 9.1 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
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