If The Ocean Gets Rough - Willy Mason
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66 out of 100

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  • Summary: The 22-year-old singer-songwriter makes his Astralwerks debut with this second album.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
  1. Uncut
    90
    Weathered and intelligent, these songs resonate like folk antiquities from another age. Even more remarkably, they never sound forced. [Apr 2007, p.116]
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  2. Drowned In Sound
    80
    There's no sonic arsenal, nothing to make you sit and check your ears, just gentle, simple songs that sound like the laments of a sad generation.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    If only because feeling sad isn't as good as feeling happy, this isn't as enjoyable as before.
  4. Pitchfork
    31
    It's plenty catchy and big, but it's also wildly uncreative and predictable.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. LeighH
    10
    This lyrical genius is the Bob Dylan of our generation. Riptide is a soothing melody of his hometown friends.
  2. erlingo
    9
    i love this kind of amrericana, this voice of a young man. Buy it.
  3. LukeM
    9
    Willy Mason is the real deal. Touring around America in his van and sleeping in other peoples' houses gives this album a sense of authenticity. Tracks like "Save Myself" and "When The Leaves Have Fallen" have the wisdom of a Johnny Cash reincarnate.… Expand
  4. IndigoB
    8
    Beautiful, heartfelt album. Some truth that is much needed in the music industry.

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