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Generally favorable reviews
Based on 15 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 11 votes
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Album Info
Label: RCA
Release Date: 12 June 2007
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Electronic
Summary
The second artist album from the acclaimed DJ and producer (Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen) is filled with covers, as Ronson takes on works by artists as diverse as Radiohead, The Smiths, Britney Spears, Coldplay and Ryan Adams. Both Winehouse and Allen guest, along with Robbie Williams, Phantom Planet and Kasabian.
Also On Metacritic
MUSIC: Amy Winehouse: Back To Black Lily Allen: Alright, Still
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
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...
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Most of the time... Ronson's big-band arrangements play like smart glosses on the albums he made with Winehouse and Allen, with waggish horn lines and supple guitar-bass-drums interplay throughout.
Read Full Review >Spin
A stylishly sweaty summer party. [Jul 2007, p.102]
Sputnikmusic
All of these tracks are listenable and easy to digest- some are just notably better than others.
Read Full Review >Under The Radar
Ronson just went off and created one of the most enjoyable records of the year. [Summer 2007, p.84]
musicOMH.com
Version is destined to become one of the great party albums of the summer - just playing it once is guaranteed to cheer you up.
Read Full Review >The Guardian
Occasionally, the combination of parping horns with perky indie melodies means the sound slips its moorings and drifts into another genre entirely: the kind of jolly, vaguely saucy-sounding easy listening found on the soundtracks of 70s sex comedies.... More often, however, the formula works perfectly.
Read Full Review >Stylus Magazine
Version has its share of undeniable clunkers, but its successes are so immediate and so animated that no reasonable listener could possibly begrudge Ronson for forcing them to rely on their track-skip button.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
At 14 tracks Versions is too long... At its best, though, it's a blast. [May 2007, p.124]
Rolling Stone
An audacious set of... left-field covers (Radiohead's "Just," the Jam's "Pretty Green") turned into dance-soul tracks.
Read Full Review >Mojo
A coffee table record. [Jun 2007, p.114]
New Musical Express
His choices are faultless and his sense of fun is very apparent.
Read Full Review >Dot Music
Why the hell is Ronson being applauded as a wunderkind for basically recycling big beat and hiring some horns?
Read Full Review >Hot Press
Ultimately, the greatest achievement of Mark Ronson’s genetically modified Version is to demonstrate the superiority of the organic source material.
Read Full Review >Pitchfork
Slapping a brand new bag on these pasty-white-dude tunes more often bombs than not.
Read Full Review >PopMatters
Version is proof that you can’t just slap a bunch of horns and old-time R&B beats on rock songs and turn them into soul songs.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 11 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Dan B. gave it a6:
Pleasant. Unnecessary. The version of The Only One I Know is... not as good as the original, no matter how you slice it.
elmo . gave it a3:
Version starts off feeling fresh with the horn reworking of coldplays "god put a smile upon your face" but from there the album slowly tails off in quality and you become increasingly aware that the songs he has chosen were best left alone.the high point is the bombastic version of valiere sung by amy winehouse. The low point of the album is the offensive version of radioheads "just".
johnny b. gave it a10:
EXCELLENT! This album will absolutely make Mark Ronson a huge star in America. The album was well done and recorded beautifully.
Evan S. gave it an8:
The sheer bliss of the brass and grove on this album is worthy of the praise alone. Ignore Pitchfork, they need to get a sense of humor.
Mycroft W. gave it an8:
Do not take too seriously, but worth it alone for the Daptones playing a Coldplay song. And yes Robbie Williams does do a really terrible version of The Only One I Know
Simon J gave it an8:
Its good to see a different take of some great songs
[Anonymous] gave it a2:
pipped at the post by Rythms Del Mondo
