Mothertongue
by Nico Muhly
User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4

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  1. JohnS
    Sep 15, 2008
    10
    This album is wonderful. Each section carries it's own emotion. I can not recommend this highly enough.

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Almost Cool
    90
    An exciting release that deepens with further listens, Mothertongue is a great step forward from Muhly.
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  2. cokemachineglow
    82
    Mothertongue oscillates between the comfort/terror of singularities and excitement/terror of potentialities, but the possibilities this duality affords for Muhly’s future work are frankly exhilarating.
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  3. Dusted Magazine
    80
    What makes Muhly’s work particularly interesting then is not only his use of this style--comprehending the four movements of the title track is particularly vexing as bits of voices mingle and move at different velocities--but the use of the style in a dynamic way itself, reminiscent of Nyman’s compositions.
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