Light Upon the Lake
by Whitney
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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 48 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 48
  3. Negative: 2 out of 48
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#57 Best Album of 2016

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83

Universal acclaim - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
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  1. Record Collector
    Jun 20, 2016
    60
    It’s all very pretty and pleasant, but whereas Smith Westerns burned with the emotions of their songs, Whitney seem rather more detached from theirs. Which, as easy-going as these 10 songs are, renders them more as temporary, unconvincing background music. It’s nice for a while, but their effects soon give way to the winds of truth and reality.
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  2. Pretty Much Amazing
    Jun 10, 2016
    75
    In addition to nostalgia, they also use the easy weapons of doing that juxtaposition thing of pairing cheery music with sad lyrics and vocals and putting the other single (a nice climbing keyboard line in that one) wisely as what would be the opener of the second side if this were the vinyl age; spacing out the good stuff instead of front-loading the record. The other songs aren’t bad, but their pleasures are pleasant at best.
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  3. The Skinny
    Jun 10, 2016
    80
    Like the image its title evokes then, Light Upon The Lake is a transient pleasure--but a vivid one while it lasts.
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