Now, More Than Ever
by Jim Guthrie
Metascore
87

Universal acclaim - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. AllMusic
    90
    An album that has all of the elements necessary to be a pop classic.
  2. Alternative Press
    70
    Acoustic without being folksy, poppy without being pandering, and quirky without being annoying. [Oct 2004, p.144]
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  3. cokemachineglow
    85
    We adore this album and are pretty sure most of you will, too.
  5. Dusted Magazine
    80
    A pleasantly lush album that may be his finest work yet.
  6. Junkmedia
    80
    Guthrie successfully matches his idiosyncratic lyrics with subtle, layered arrangements lush with strings, crisp guitars, and shifting song structures as likely to burst into anthem or lilt towards confession.
  7. Neumu.net
    80
    Immersed in beautiful, stirring string arrangements, heartfelt melodies and an all-around warm and welcoming down-home folk feel, the new album is sincerely soothing.
  8. Pitchfork
    82
    Now, More Than Ever is both hushed and sprawling, serene and agitated, jumpy and constant.
  9. Stylus Magazine
    86
    Frankly, the results are incredible.
  10. The A.V. Club
    90
    It's a lush, gorgeous record, but it's also small and still, full of unassuming first-person monologues.
  11. Tiny Mix Tapes
    90
    Jim Guthrie has created a masterful soundtrack of peace and tranquility, similar to the crowning achievement of another earthly troubadour, named Sufjan Stevens.

Awards & Rankings

17
#17 Best Album of 2004

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User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
  1. upinmytree
    Oct 24, 2013
    10
    A dessert-island, all-time classic. Simple and hauntingly arranged folk songs that hit like a bag of diamonds. Lyrics like a puzzle, that'llA dessert-island, all-time classic. Simple and hauntingly arranged folk songs that hit like a bag of diamonds. Lyrics like a puzzle, that'll stick in your mind. A true Grower, ten years later, now more than ever.… Full Review »
  2. MarkS
    Feb 10, 2007
    10
    For two years I only had the first three tracks of this album. I listened to them again and again and again... now that I have the whole For two years I only had the first three tracks of this album. I listened to them again and again and again... now that I have the whole thing, aaaah. Jim Guthrie is one talented man.… Full Review »
  3. joshm
    Dec 5, 2006
    9
    this is an awesome album, its so relaxing, it almost made me cry, i think
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