Extra Playful [EP]
by John Cale
Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. cokemachineglow
    Nov 1, 2011
    58
    Extra Playful is fun in the worst kind of way and, at times, bad in very fun ways, but as a whole it presents rather discouragingly the attempt of an auteur marooning--perhaps on purpose, but hardly with purpose--as an amateur.
  2. PopMatters
    Oct 20, 2011
    60
    He doesn't push it far enough to be useful, so the EP ends up being not quite as playful as its title suggests, but it's not especially noteworthy either.
  3. Consequence
    Oct 13, 2011
    50
    For the most part, Extra Playful makes a nice addition to any modern rock playlist, though there's nothing on here that will drop your jaw.
  5. Pitchfork
    Oct 13, 2011
    60
    "Hey Ray" is a sore-thumb irritant on an EP that otherwise carefully mediates between Cale's populist and deviant tendencies.

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