User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Negative: 2 out of 19

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  1. StefaniaS.
    Sep 10, 2007
    10
    Always a good guy.
  2. TamaraN.
    Oct 16, 2007
    10
    It takes me to so many places in the world in the stagnant air of my small living room!
  3. LucasC.
    Sep 12, 2007
    10
    Excellent.
  4. Andrej
    Sep 27, 2007
    10
    If it is possible, I would vote not just 10, but 10+! It is surprisingly sad, but in same time very vibrant and positive CD.
  5. GiorgosL.
    Sep 22, 2007
    9
    Better than esperanza, worse than clandestino or dimance a bamako - worth listening to.
  6. pix101
    Sep 13, 2007
    7
    Got nothing on Clandestino or Esperanza, but still worth a listen!!
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 27
  2. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Lead single 'Rainin in Paradize' alone should propel Chao (née Oscar Tramor) into the kind of stateside fame he's long enjoyed in Europe and South America.
  2. With poetic melancholy, absurdist whimsy and direct shout-outs to a world no more just than it was on his last album, there's enough to carry fans until Chao's next one.
  3. And though he sings mostly in French or Spanish, Chao's music is so sonically vivid, so gloriously evocative, translation seems almost superfluous.