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Heartland - Owen Pallett
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76 out of 100

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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 39 Ratings

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  • Summary: Due to trademark reasons, Canadian singer-songwriter Owen Pallett retired the Final Fantasy band name and returned to his own name for his latest release.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. The A.V. Club
    91
    Some tracks on Heartland are like listening to hundreds of violins at once, with all the dynamic subtlety that description doesn't entail. But when the album works, it's majestic and impossibly rich.
  2. Slant Magazine
    90
    Pallett has crafted an absorbing gem of a record, one that delivers substantial emotional payloads by means of incredibly intricate pop music.
  3. Uncut
    60
    Pallett's pallid voice fails to dramatise the narrative or really engage the listener. As a calling card for future soundtrack commissions, however, it should succeed splendidly. [Feb 2010, p.84]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. UnclePants
    10
    Fantastic. Pallett's best work yet. Expect this to be on every best of list in 12 months.
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  2. EricN.
    10
    Amazing stuff. 'He Poos Clouds' was darned good, but this is in a whole other stratosphere.
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  3. ClifC.
    9
    This album totally surprised me by its greatness. I didn't know Owen Pallett at all, but I can already say that this is a MUST HAVE album, and an artist to follow closely!… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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