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- Summary: The singer-songwriter reunites with producer J.D. Foster for his eighth album, which also finds him backed by former members of Guided By Voices.
- Record Label: Merge
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Singer-Songwriter
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Positive: 8 out of 11
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Mixed: 3 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Buckner’s interest here is in a wallowing mouthful of atmosphere—dominant drums, throbbing guitar, and a fair amount of piano. This has always been the case, but the compositions are seamlessly edited and cleanly brought from instrument to recording.
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Meadow is a new high-water mark.
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[It] has more powerful and propulsive arrangements than is often the case with the artist.
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Increasingly abstract or not, Richard Buckner’s a great songwriter.
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Meadow picks up where his 2004 Merge bow Dents and Shells left off.
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SpinBuckner's singular pipes and surrealistic lyrics tug the songs toward the esoteric, but the band pulls them back. [Oct 2006, p.95]
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Paste MagazineMeadow may amount to less than the sum of its parts, but those parts are often pretty great. [Sep 2006, p.78]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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marnoldDec 12, 2006best since Bloomed.
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DPLSoundsOct 4, 2006
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