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MojoDec 22, 2011It's not an ideal entry point into Amos;s unique world. [Nov 2011, p.98]
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Q MagazineNov 8, 2011Recalling Kate Bush and the enigmatic chamber music of Penguin Cafe and North Sea Radio Orchestras, the way is full of mystic visions, and the deathly conclusion is bittersweet. [Nov. 2011, p. 127]
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Oct 18, 2011It doesn't rock, but it waltzes, spinning a tale involving animated trees, demons and what may be peyote cactus tea.
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Sep 20, 2011The bulk of the album's melodies and arrangements are too busily discursive to hum after the fact, making it tough for Night of Hunters to do what Amos set out to do: haunt the listener.
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Sep 20, 2011Either way, if you're no fan of the fey and fantastical, you're best off fleeing. Still interested? Well, hard work it may be, but it's not without its rewards.
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Sep 20, 2011This predominantly slow, somber album ultimately overstays its welcome.
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Sep 20, 2011If concept albums aren't your thing, so be it. But if a rare musical vision is, you'd be foolish to pass up Night of Hunters.
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Sep 19, 2011Devotees will no doubt swoon (and sceptics scoff) at its florid excesses, but Amos's voice possesses enough conviction and personality to breathe life into what could have been an orchestral folly.
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Sep 19, 2011Night of Hunters is a beautiful, smart record, but it's also, by design, an obtuse and insular album by an artist who already skews pretty far in those directions.
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Sep 16, 2011Amos herself performs with an insistently flat calmness: when her 11-year-old daughter Natashya pops up on a few tracks, in character as a shape-shifting fox, she actually proves an odder, witchier, more compelling voice than her mother, who could be mistaken for her piano teacher.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 113 out of 123
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Mixed: 6 out of 123
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Negative: 4 out of 123
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