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Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings
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Positive: 12 out of 15
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Mixed: 2 out of 15
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Negative: 1 out of 15
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Mar 15, 2012Seems to hit all the right notes and grows on you, maybe not as lyrically accomplished as his other work but his voice sounds best on this album.
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ultravisitorJan 12, 2007it changed my way of listening to music, and I have been doing it for 25 years and collecting thousands of records, devendra brings us some unexpected freshness, just like the beauty from joanna newsom's work, open up your mind, a new era has started .
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JamesNApr 15, 2005
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JonathanADec 16, 2004This is music that would charm the birds Banhart is a folk legend. He said himself that one day he was thinking a bout singing and discovered that he can sing about anything he wanted. That is what makes his music brilliant.
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Awards & Rankings
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Q MagazineNot everyone will want to follow Banhart's cosmic meanderings, but those who take the plunge will find much to feed their head. [Oct 2004, p.133]
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Unconventional harmonies and slurred vocals are an acquired taste, and some of the more out-there lyrical moments might bemuse you first time round, but give it a chance.
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Like its companion recording, Nino Rojo is about the shared delight of new encounters with music and language and is an adventure in the hearing.