Leaving Eden
by Carolina Chocolate Drops
  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Release Date: Feb 28, 2012
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
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  1. Uncut
    Mar 13, 2012
    70
    The stream of banjo, fiddle, bones and spoons rolls on agreeably, marred only by a tendency to tweeness. [Apr 2012, p.73]
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  2. Consequence
    Mar 5, 2012
    70
    Like the eponymous candy, Leaving Eden will draw you back for more of that sweet warmth to melt on your tongue.
  3. AllMusic
    Feb 28, 2012
    80
    The result is a wonderfully immediate album that feels like a Saturday night house party--complete with moonlight, dust flying from the carpet under the feet of dancers, and crickets and night bird calls out the open windows.
  5. BBC Music
    Feb 28, 2012
    80
    There's artful variety; the band may have a particular approach, but they're no purists.
  6. Rolling Stone
    Feb 28, 2012
    80
    Leaving Eden is a lesson in 21st-century American folk--a tradition that's as miscegenated as ever, and stronger for it.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Feb 27, 2012
    88
    The result is a rarity in the Chocolate Drops' world: roots music as useful as it is beautiful.
  8. The Observer (UK)
    Feb 27, 2012
    80
    Still the most electrifying acoustic act around.
  9. PopMatters
    Feb 27, 2012
    90
    For it's diversity, experimentation, and excellent performances, Leaving Eden is even better [than 2010 release, Genuine Negro Jig].
  10. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Feb 27, 2012
    80
    You can almost hear the chickens out in the yard and see the dust mites dancing in the sunlit air.

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