• Record Label: PIAS
  • Release Date: Mar 26, 2013
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. Mar 25, 2013
    80
    Some moments it's hard to ignore how much he sounds like his father, and at times, the genuflection at the altar of Elliott Smith gets a little too doe-eyed and derivative, but the strengths of Simon's songwriting and the atmospheric production keep these concerns in the background of a colorful and evocative bigger picture.
  2. Mar 26, 2013
    70
    Division Street is Simon’s sweet step into the twilight sun.
  3. Magnet
    Mar 15, 2013
    65
    His new sound is interesting and may find its own fans, but it's such a strong departure from his last album that it will likely leave his current admirers scratching their heads. [No. 96, p.59]
  4. Mar 21, 2013
    70
    Division Street finds Simon in the midst of finding his own voice.
  5. Jun 24, 2013
    70
    While Division Street does threaten to dissolve into monotony at around the three-fourths mark, Simon wisely injects some of his more frail numbers and winds up with a triumph.
  6. Q Magazine
    Mar 15, 2013
    80
    There are flashes of greatness here. [Apr 2013, p.110]
  7. Mar 28, 2013
    80
    Only on Just Like St Teresa does the spectre of dad pop up, and on 99 Simon pulls out the kind of effortless, breezy powerpop moments that Evan Dando used to essay at will.
  8. Uncut
    Mar 15, 2013
    70
    The fizzing alt.rock of the follow-up sounds like a determined effort to be his own man. [Apr 2013, p.77]

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