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Live A Little
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78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

  • Summary: Joe Pernice & co. return with an album produced by Michael Deming.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    Live a Little... finds Pernice throwing off the shackles of overenunciation and fussy production.
  2. Magnet
    80
    His best since 2001's The World Won't End. [#73, p.104]
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  3. AllMusic
    80
    Live a Little sounds more open and roomy than the past few Pernice Brothers efforts.
  4. Rolling Stone
    70
    Another lovely little package.
  5. Amazon.com
    70
    Pernice's unblemished voice is the key instrument.
  6. Prefix Magazine
    70
    Thankfully, on Live a Little, he... sticks to what he does best: creating lovely, literate pop-rock.
  7. Q Magazine
    60
    The results, while never quite suggesting imminent breakthrough, are sometimes elegiac. [Nov 2006, p.147]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Dave
    Dec 1, 2006
    10
    Great CD, definitely in my top 10 for the year. Can't wait to see them live next week!!
  2. davidg
    Oct 21, 2006
    10
    another great record. listen a few times and you'll see.
  4. Stan
    Oct 17, 2006
    9
    Joe may be the most gifted "pop" writer of the 00's! Quite possibly their best...and that's saying something! Like all the others, Joe may be the most gifted "pop" writer of the 00's! Quite possibly their best...and that's saying something! Like all the others, you'll instantly connect with certain tracks, but the album really doesn't pay off in full until the fourth or fifth listen. Then, like me, you may not be able to stop playing it.… Expand
  5. mc
    Oct 18, 2006
    9
    Pernice Brothers can do no wrong. An excellent outing as usual.
  6. RolfC
    Nov 13, 2006
    9
    As time marches on, and the vast listening throngs continue to favor rhythm over melody, there is very little current music that I even As time marches on, and the vast listening throngs continue to favor rhythm over melody, there is very little current music that I even consider listenable. But the Pernice Brothers is now tops in giving great aural pleasure. After all, "The World Won't End" remains the best album of the new millennium. Some brave artists can still shine: the Lolas, Chixdiggit!, Fountains of Wayne, Spinning Jennies/Well Wishers, Starflyer 59, Ron Sexsmith, Bill Ricchini. But the Pernice Brothers tops them all, and this album builds on their reputation. It makes me yearn for yet one more Shoes album - which I know will never come. Sigh.… Expand
  7. TimW
    Oct 19, 2006
    8
    One critic said this was bland around the edges. Not in the least. It's a bright, inventive, fun-filled delight. A great and giddy One critic said this was bland around the edges. Not in the least. It's a bright, inventive, fun-filled delight. A great and giddy thing. If you like 'Summertime pop' with heaps of style and wit, this would be a great addition to your collection.… Expand
  8. mikes.
    Oct 18, 2006
    6
    more of the same from them, except for the fact that the production has taken a step backwards.

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