Mockingbird Time
- The Jayhawks
- Band Name: The Jayhawks
- Record Label: Rounder
- Release Date: Sep 20, 2011
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Sep 20, 201182The Jayhawks are still crafting music that should be emulated. And that in and of itself is why Mockingbird Time is worth its 50 minutes.
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Feb 23, 201280The trademark ingredients that turned Hollywood Town Hall and Tomorrow the Green Grass into seminal classics are retained via Olson's yearning vocals, the sun splashed harmonies and their adept meld of Americana, vintage West Coast rock, strings and psychedelia.
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Sep 23, 201180Mockingbird Time is a simple but richly rewarding example of what the Jayhawks do better than anyone, and serves as a potent reminder that they're one of the finest American bands of their time.
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Sep 20, 201180Mockingbird Time revisits what made the Louris-Olson Jayhawks truly distinctive: the omnipresent, twining, joyous interplay of their voices. That pairing is here again in full force.
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Sep 20, 201180With very few exceptions, there's a real sense of unity throughout the album. [Oct 2011, p.106]
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Sep 20, 201180Mockingbird Time yields its pleasures slowly--at first listen, it felt like a letdown--but once revealed, they're indelible.
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Sep 27, 201170While many of these songs succeed, some performances also feel slightly phoned in.
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Sep 26, 201170Ignore the mouth-breathing rock bangers, and Mockingbird is as comfortable as well-worn denim.
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Sep 22, 201170This is a solid album that will make fans happy without an instant classic like "Waiting For The Sun" or "Blue."
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Sep 20, 201170There must be worse fates than ending up as a classic pop jukebox, and there's excitement as well as devotion in all this archaeology.
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Sep 20, 201170Equal parts Byrds, Beatles and Burritos, this kicks away the cobwebs nicely.
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Sep 20, 201170The Jayhawks made their mix a signature long ago; though they stretch out with surprising hooks, the tunes are branded like calves--soaring singalongs full of bad weather, emotional and meteorological.
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Sep 20, 201167The best songs on Mockingbird Time wind through changes.
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Sep 28, 201160Mockingbird Time, the band's first album in eight years, places them right back in the hazy glow of Laurel Canyon sunset. [Oct 2011, p.123]
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Sep 20, 201160After Ready For The Flood, Mockingbird time feels dense, and somewhat cluttered. [Oct 2011, p.85]
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Sep 26, 201156Mockingbird Time suffers most in the songwriting, which too often relies on soft hooks and indistinct details that never quite add up to conflicts or characters.
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Sep 22, 201150The artist have the skill and style to create more great art, but on Mockingbird Time, the stigma of great art is too present.
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Sep 20, 201140The Jayhawks release their most insipid, uninspired album in years.
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