• Record Label: Ipecac
  • Release Date: Aug 14, 2020
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Aug 14, 2020
    80
    Gift of Sacrifice finds Osborne flexing the might of his compositional prowess to deliver a new side of his talent that is, above all else, purely and wholly Buzz.
  2. Aug 13, 2020
    80
    Gift of Sacrifice is an engaging, even emotional, collection of songs.
  3. Aug 14, 2020
    70
    Gift of Sacrifice, in comparison, is noticeably more accomplished and better thought out, and Dunn's presence as a collaborator certainly helps Osborne make this into something memorable, though if he's smart he won't get rid of his amplifiers just yet.
  4. Aug 13, 2020
    70
    Three tracks, including the opener and closer, are short instrumentals that might have been elongated for further immersive and exploratory effect. Otherwise, the album is an off-kilter musical gift born of Osborneā€™s sacrifice of conventionality for weirder, wider possibilities.
  5. Classic Rock Magazine
    Aug 13, 2020
    70
    This seven-track album has a similar stripped-down, raw feel to its acoustics and shivery, spooked vocals. [Summer 2020, p.89]
  6. Aug 13, 2020
    68
    Where Gift of Sacrifice really succeeds is in its forays away from tracks that eschew the standard song structure.

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