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Let's Just Be - Joseph Arthur
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59 out of 100

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5.9 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 16 Ratings

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  • Summary: This is the singer-songwriter's first album with new backing band The Lonely Astronauts.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    Unfortunately, Arthur drags his backing players through a good deal of hoarsely hollered filler between [the] peaks. [20 Apr 2007, p.62]
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  2. Stylus Magazine
    58
    Let's Just Be is as poppy and willfully idiosyncratic as Arthur's older work, but is both more conventionally arranged and more loose-limbed than ever before.
  3. Pitchfork
    34
    There are a few quality tracks among these 16-- enough for a pretty good EP-- but this is an 80-minute album with at least an hour of stuff on it that sounds at best like studio outtakes.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 5 out of 12
  1. BobW
    10
    A great listen. Joseph at his best....
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  2. GeraldW
    4
    Disappointing to say the least. Seems he could use a good producer and editor. Redemption's Son is still an all time classic album though
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  3. DanM
    2
    Big fan of his past work and live shows, but this album is a piece of crap. A few decent tracks here, but overall this should be a giveaway of B-sides and outtakes. No one should be charged money for this, there's so little effort in its creation. I'm ok if he wants to change sounds and styles, but put some effort in to the recording. Maybe it should have been released under a different name, to avoid scamming long time fans into buying it.… Expand
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