My Name Is Buddy
by Ry Cooder
  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Release Date: Mar 6, 2007
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16

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  1. jodro
    Mar 8, 2007
    5
    Please can we get real for a moment and leave the politically correct
  2. mikes.
    Mar 7, 2007
    6
    an overrated release, not as accessible as his last album, less polished and melodies aren't as catchy. I think because ry cooder is an icon he's getting unwarranted praise from critics. His last album was fantastic one of the best albums of the year, this time around songwriting is still solid but overall just an average release.

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Observer Music Monthly
    100
    It adds up to a light-hearted, sometimes poignant elegy for the American working man and his music.
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  2. Rolling Stone
    60
    Musically, Cooder employs the pitch-perfect instrumentation that he's famous for.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    88
    Although serious themes are threaded throughout, it's light compared with Cooder's last work, the "Chavez Ravine" account of cultural displacement, politics and baseball. Maybe for that very reason, this is a better listen.
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