Many Colored Kite - Mark Olson
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  • Summary: The second solo album for The Jayhawks' Mark Olson was produced by Beau Raymond.
  • Record Label: Rykodisc
  • Genre(s): Country, Americana, Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Country-Rock
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Uncut
    Dec 20, 2010
    80
    He's a man who cleary thrives on company, his stringy voice bolstered by the presence of Jolie Holland, Neal Casel, an on "No time To live Without Her," Vashti Bunyan. [Jan 2011, p.92]
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  2. Billboard.com
    73
    Olson is still processing some pain, but there are plenty of bright moments.
  3. All Music Guide
    70
    Not as cohesive as The Salvation Blues, Many Colored Kites is still a worthy and brave album that finds Mark Olson continuing to find new ways of sharing what life has taught him through his music.
  4. Q Magazine
    Mar 1, 2011
    60
    There's nothing to diminish his status as a nearly great, albeit mostly unheralded, American songwriter. [Feb 2011, p.120]
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