Is All Over... The Map - Giant Sand
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  • Summary: Howe Gelb is joined by producer John Parish and singers Vic Chesnutt and Patsy Jean on his latest Giant Sand offering.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Junkmedia
    100
    Gelb creates masterful songs for the ages.
  2. Mojo
    80
    A noble addition to the Giant Sand canon. [Sep 2004, p.96]
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    One of the most cosmopolitan albums to carry the Giant seal of oddness. [11 Sep 2004, p.55]
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  4. Rolling Stone
    60
    An uneven album... but it's a nice soundtrack for a lonesome drunken night. [14 Oct 2004, p.98]
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  1. GregJ
    10
    After so many albums with so many great, great songs, how did Gelb & Co. manage to pull this stellar album out from nowhere? Like Calexico�39;s 'Feast of Wire,' this is the absolute peak of their capabilities and finally does what they have been doing all along, only perfectly. Everybody needs to hear this.… Expand
  2. OlivierP
    9
    A very good album Majestic songwriting
  3. eirike
    9
    another splendid album by howe gelb and giant sand - after more than 20 albums they still amaze and delivers yet another gem!

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