More Adventurous
by Rilo Kiley
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Stylus Magazine
    50
    The rest of More Adventurous is mostly what you would have expected from Rilo Kiley before the album's bracing beginning, only now it carries the stench of promise unfulfilled.
  2. Rolling Stone
    60
    More Adventurous sometimes gets too precious, but at its best it achieves a kind of cinematic grace.
  3. Drowned In Sound
    50
    With pluses so few and far between, it’s a struggle to make it through these 11 tracks without feeling nauseous from all the sickly pop filler.
  5. Q Magazine
    60
    A glossy production makes for ear candy, but it's bereft of edge. [Feb 2005, p.102]
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  6. Delusions of Adequacy
    50
    A staggeringly uneven salad of powerpop alt-country and even R&B that succeeds as often as it fails.

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User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 23
  3. Negative: 1 out of 23
  1. BeauB
    Apr 27, 2007
    9
    Jenny lewis can sell every track on this album with her amazing vocals. Some of the songs were even a bit folkish for my taste, but given the Jenny lewis can sell every track on this album with her amazing vocals. Some of the songs were even a bit folkish for my taste, but given the way Jenny and the band present them, I couldn't help but fall in love with the entire thing.… Full Review »
  2. andrea
    Mar 15, 2007
    10
    love it! portions for foxs and does he love you? are on constant repeat. jenny's voice is so fresh and beautiful.
  3. Andy
    Aug 16, 2006
    6
    Good but not great. A couple of so-so songs really hurt the total album for me.
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