Music in Exile
by Songhoy Blues
  • Record Label: PIAS
  • Release Date: Feb 23, 2015
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
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  1. buzzlight
    Mar 16, 2015
    9
    I normally stay away from world music, but this album is different. The African-American Blues blend is simply too crafty and creative to put down. I salute Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs for thinking out of the box in his collaboration on this album. This entire album is a breath of fresh air - and, that song Soubour offers one of the best guitars I have heard in a long time.

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#67 Best Album of 2015

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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jul 13, 2015
    70
    Songhoy Blues bring a joyful defiance to Music In Exile that transcends the language barrier.
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  2. The Line of Best Fit
    Mar 3, 2015
    80
    The vast majority of Music In Exile features the sparse but richly nuanced sound of a supremely well-oiled band with one foot in ancient traditions and the other firmly in the here and now doing their intoxicating live thing in a room whilst a recorder's switched on.
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  3. The Telegraph (UK)
    Feb 23, 2015
    80
    They do owe a musical debt to Ali Farka Toure (whose songs they started out covering), but they’re definitely etching out their own groove.
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