Hello Cruel World
by Gretchen Peters
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. PopMatters
    Apr 5, 2012
    80
    Peter creates the highest kind [of art].
  2. Q Magazine
    Feb 22, 2012
    80
    It makes for an affecting, beautifully measured, very grown-up affair. [Mar 2012, p.111]
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  3. Uncut
    Feb 3, 2012
    80
    2007's Burnt Toast & offerings established her as the natural successor to Lucinda Williams--this does not contradict the notion. [Mar 2012, p.97]
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  5. AllMusic
    Feb 2, 2012
    80
    This album comes to the listener as a gift wrapped in tattered paper, making it all the more precious to receive.
  6. BBC Music
    Feb 2, 2012
    70
    There's an unusual sophistication and depth of lyrical craft here, and maybe it's not best advertised by a polished country-pop setting that sounds overwhelmingly usual.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Feb 2, 2012
    80
    Peters has created an album of rare insight.
  8. The Telegraph (UK)
    Feb 2, 2012
    80
    It's real music for grown-ups.

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  1. Artdean
    Dec 6, 2015
    10
    Gretchen Peters is a wonderful songstress and this must be one of her best albums. Her songs are beautifully crafted and have an air ofGretchen Peters is a wonderful songstress and this must be one of her best albums. Her songs are beautifully crafted and have an air of sophistication that tugs at your heart strings.… Full Review »
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