Jeff Bridges
by Jeff Bridges
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
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  1. AllMusic
    Aug 19, 2011
    50
    The problem with Jeff Bridges is, it sounds like he's trying hard to be cool, and that's all down to T-Bone Burnett, who dampens everything natural about this music with the artificially authentic.
  2. PopMatters
    Aug 15, 2011
    60
    In some ways, Bridges is falling short, but it fortunately has nothing to do with a lack of talent. On that note, Bridges succeeds quite well. What he needs to do is clear: More Jeff Bridges, less Bad Blake.
  3. Mojo
    Sep 8, 2011
    60
    [Bridges] convincingly inhabits a batch of mostly self-penned story songs that radiate a weary gravitas and wry existentialism. [Oct 2011, p.96]
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  5. Rolling Stone
    Aug 16, 2011
    60
    Sure, this album gains depth from his film history - these laid-back country-rock songs suggest a cleaned-up Bad Blake, or a Dude with ambitions beyond the bowling lanes.
  6. The A.V. Club
    Aug 23, 2011
    50
    The album might be an extension of its namesake's enduring Dude-itude, but this time he's takin' it a little too easy for all us sinners.
  7. Spin
    Aug 12, 2011
    50
    Bridges' country-fried drawl gets wonky (see the shuffling "Blue Car"), but when the pieces come together -- as on laid-back, folksy charmers like "Everything but Love" and "Maybe I Missed the Point" -- the result is as comfortable and unpretentious as the Dude's bathrobe.
  8. Consequence
    Aug 19, 2011
    40
    Bridges' voice and guitar playing are also serviceable, but the lack of variety causes the album to fall short of becoming recommendable.
  9. Slant Magazine
    Aug 15, 2011
    60
    The ghostly "Slow Boat," which Bridges co-wrote with Burnett and Thomas Cobb, shares its title with a song referenced in Cobb's Crazy Heart, but which was unused in the film adaptation. These underplayed self-referential moments add character to the album and allow Bridges to make it a more definitive personal statement.
  10. NOW Magazine
    Aug 19, 2011
    60
    The tunes mostly stick to a low-tempo, shuffling formula, though Bridges gets a chance to stretch a bit in a few scattershot moments of idiosyncrasy.
  11. The Independent (UK)
    Sep 1, 2011
    60
    It's all tastefully arranged.
  12. Prefix Magazine
    Aug 31, 2011
    55
    Jeff Bridges is all quiet and sepia-toned, dripping like molasses in dollops of hammy pedal steel, placid acoustic guitars, and Bridges' cracked vocal chords.
  13. American Songwriter
    Aug 22, 2011
    40
    Bridges' rough baritone talk/sung voice just doesn't connect with songs and production that seem lazy, if somewhat less self-indulgent than other successful actors who try to make their mark as singers.

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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. ThePizzaman100
    Aug 22, 2011
    10
    this just shows you how amazingly talented jeff bridges is all around he really is a brilliant person. It's like he can do anything, i wonderthis just shows you how amazingly talented jeff bridges is all around he really is a brilliant person. It's like he can do anything, i wonder if he's human. elduderreno lol… Full Review »
  2. JeffLebowski
    Aug 17, 2011
    10
    C'mon, it's JEFF BRIDGES. EVERYONE loves Jeff Bridges. Hence, you will all love his new album. Because it's Jeff Bridges. FInally finding aC'mon, it's JEFF BRIDGES. EVERYONE loves Jeff Bridges. Hence, you will all love his new album. Because it's Jeff Bridges. FInally finding a way out of the bowling circuit with nice, well played if middling country blues. The Dude abides.… Full Review »
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