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Sixes & Sevens
by Adam Green
The fifth solo album for the Moldy Peaches member.
| LABEL: |
Rough Trade |
| RELEASE DATE: |
18 March 2008 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Rock, Alternative |
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80
musicOMH.com
Few other modern musicians are as adept at taking such a tried and tested genre and making it utterly their own.
80
Under The Radar
Sixes & Sevens is another flawlessly inspired slice of unique pop from America's most underappreciated sonic magician. [Spring 2008, p.83]
74
Pitchfork
Listeners looking for lyrical meaning will still be disappointed, searching in vain for hidden significance in these nonsensical love song lines. A word of advice: It's best to just accept his words as conduits for his dreamy voice, and give in to his charming tunes.
70
PopMatters
Although these songs do run a bit short, Sixes and Sevens features 20 delectable pop songs, each unique in its own way.
70
Drowned In Sound
Sixes & Sevens might be a drawn-out mess, but break it down to its constituent parts and you suddenly have rich pickings for the perfect mix-tape.
70
The New York Times
In his relaxed baritone Mr. Green sings thoroughly incongruous lyrics: easy gross-outs, free associations and darker tidings.
70
Tiny Mix Tapes
Through it all, Green’s show tune-y vocals are at center stage, and though the compositions are often too busy and can detract from his rolling lyrical intricacies, Sixes and Sevens is a very good record, if still a step short of great.
60
All Music Guide
Sixes & Sevens is a disjointed conglomeration of different ramblings that can't quite coalesce around any sort of idea.
60
Alternative Press
Nothing on Sixes & Sevens quite lives up to the giddy brillance of the "Juno" soundtrack, but the music will still inspire you to draw hearts around your crush's name in your fifth-period notebook. [May 2008, p.134]
60
Prefix Magazine
Sixes & Sevens feels more like movie-hopping at an art-house multiplex, an exercise in genre formats and stolen identities.
60
Uncut
Green's songs are memorable and his subtle orchestrations effective, while his lovely, burnished, Dean Martin-ish baritone voice glues it all together. [Apr 2008, p.90]
58
Entertainment Weekly
He hits a campy sweet spot from time to time, but at a seemingly endless 20-track length, this is one tiresome gag. [21 Mar 2008, p.57]
50
Spin
The erstwhile Moldy Peaches wears out his welcome at 20 tracks, each one unrelated to the last and haphazardly abandoned around the one-and-a-half minute mark. [Apr 2008, p.98]
50
Hot Press
If not entirely out of gas, Green certainly seems to be having trouble shifting gear.
40
Mojo
Green writes with a compulsive frequency, like an office joker cracking funnies. And after 20 of his songs, the appeal wanes in not dissimilar fashion. [Apr 2008, p.114]
40
Q Magazine
It's always catchy, but all 20 tracks are so short everything feels throwaway, and the free-association lyrics go from amusing to aggravating in an instant. [Apr 2008, p.107]
20
NOW Magazine
His bored delivery and ridiculous lyrics about peanut butter sandwiches and rich kids make his two-minute tunes on this 20-song binge stretch out painfully into what feels like forever.
The average user rating for this album is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
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