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79 out of 100

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8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 31 Ratings

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  • Summary: Thom Monahan (Pernice Brothers) co-produced the singer-songwriter's fourth album, which finds him singing in Spanish on a few of the disc's 22 tracks.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 35
  3. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. No Ripcord
    100
    This album is nothing short of a miracle.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    Supplement[s] his prior folky ways with a rash of surprising styles. [16 Sep 2005, p.85]
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  3. Dot Music
    60
    There is far too much irritating hippywaffle amongst these gems.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 3 out of 22
  1. Rikardsen
    10
    One quality Devendra Banhart has is not to take himself too seriously and this freedom allows him to write some of the best songs that transcend age, race, country and any other border that stifles some other music. I will always love this album, pure genius.… Expand
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  2. madsl
    4
    To me this is one of the major disappointments of 2005! Rejoicing was a fantastically freakish album but this is just hippy crap most of the way...where have all the folk mysticism and backwoods authenticity gone?… Expand
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  3. BenjaminBunny
    3
    The most irritatingly overhyped, just plain irritating douchebag having success in indie music today. The world does not need anyone with that voice singing those lyrics, it is retarded. Unlike the talented Joanna Newsom, who gets lumped into the same "freak folk" category by critics, the people who say they like Banhart will be embarrassed to have ever owned his albums five years from now, I promise you.… Expand
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