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It's a Wonderful Life - Sparklehorse
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81 out of 100

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9.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 14 Ratings

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  • Summary: This is the third album for Mark Linkous and Sparklehorse.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    This time, the music is even more haunted. The brittle keyboards and violins make for the sound of an Appalachian funeral. It's the O Brother, Where Art Thou? for the modern death-obsessed introvert.
  2. CDNow
    90
    A reaffirming celebration of small details.
  3. Blender
    60
    Too often, songs drift off into a fog of vague guitar atmospherics. [Aug/Sep 2001, p.130]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. KellyW
    10
    Beautiful and delicate, yet dark and frightening. A absolute must for fans of Radiohead and Modest Mouse.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. JohnnyComelately
    9
    One of the best albums of recent years. Absolutely beautiful to listen to. It is an very mellow and somewhat dark album but it will sonically deliver, in abundance, to the willing listener. Radiohead did not personally ask Sparklehorse to be their European opening act for nothing. David Fridman's production perfectly brings out the haunting artistry of Mark L. Total ear candy.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. TimS
    9
    i love this album more than i love my girlfriend.the lyrics are like some kind of poetry written in a forest about a hundred years ago.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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