Cripple Crow
- Devendra Banhart
- Band Name: Devendra Banhart
- Record Label: XL / Beggars Banquet
- Release Date: Sep 13, 2005
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90At once hip-shaking, high-brow, heartfelt, hallowed, and a hell of a good time.
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84Cripple Crow is undoubtedly impressive, vastly singular but entirely accessible, and an inspired listening experience where Banhart again proves himself one of the more talented and charismatic forces in modern folk.
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Supplement[s] his prior folky ways with a rash of surprising styles. [16 Sep 2005, p.85]
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90A '60s psychedelic, experimental hippie-folk throwback, an invocation of lost, childish innocence delicately constructed with a deft musical touch.
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86Banhart's most straightforward recordings yet. [#17, p.94]
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100This album is nothing short of a miracle.
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It’s the collage of styles that distinguishes this album: Cuban and Indian flourishes, Eisenhower-era doo-wop, the smoky Stax groove, bucolic British trad-folk, the eccentricities of American folk, of both the Dust Bowl troubadours and the Vietnam flower-children.
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Aww, our little freak is all grown up.
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90Enthralling music that embraces you like your mama never did. [#69, p.87]
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83All of the interesting parts of his music are still here, he's just written an album that plays up his strengths in more measured ways. The result is easily his best release to date.
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JoelC10Absolutely amazing, transporting as aldous huxley would say.
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