Homesongs - Adem
  • Band Name: Adem
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Jul 27, 2004
Metascore
83 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
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  1. Dot Music
    90
    The results breathe that same rarefied air as Nick Drake or Vashti Bunyan.
  2. Junkmedia
    90
    A record of remarkable beauty.
  3. Neumu.net
    90
    A collection of slow, sad, stately songs whose obvious studio smarts are dwarfed by a big bleeding folkie's heart.
  4. Dusted Magazine
    90
    It may be an unexpectedly traditional and conservative album, but it’s also an unexpectedly beautiful one.
  5. Pitchfork
    83
    But Homesongs is not simply a procession of trembling troubadour tunes. For each turn of boxwood fragility, there's also one of bold and confident songwriting.

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User Score
8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. LeeR
    10
    Superb debut album, can't wait to hear more.
  2. petep
    10
    When friends come over, I put this on towards the end of the evening, and invariably end up writing the artist and title on a scrap of paper, so that they can go off to buy it the following day. An emotonally generous set of songs and, by any criteria, a sensational debut.… Full Review »
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