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Okemah And The Melody Of Riot - Son Volt
  • Band Name: Son Volt
  • Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: Jul 12, 2005
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Metascore
72 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critics What's this?

User Score
9.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings

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  • Summary: Jay Farrar has revived his post-Uncle Tupelo outfit Son Volt for their first album in seven years.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. All Music Guide
    90
    It's a bracing and welcome return to form for an important artist.
  2. Slant Magazine
    90
    Okemah is heady stuff, to be sure, but it's also one of the year's best straight-up rock albums.
  3. Mojo
    60
    By focusing on the temporal, he reduces himself to simple protest music rather than timeless folk. [Aug 2005, p.104]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. JeffT
    10
    "Rock and roll around my head alive a kicking" Jay Farrar writes phrases and lyrics that are both simple and layered with complex meaning. Listen to this album three times and you'll be hooked.… Expand
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  2. RobertS
    10
    Great album! Easily Jay's best since Trace. What blows me away as much as this release is that it can be given a negative review!? Rock critics never cease to amaze. Some can give this a bad review and then rave about a collection of bleeps and whistles with lyrics that make absolutely no sense (can you say - Emporer's New Clothes). Omekah is no fraud, its a damn great rock album! Boo Blender, boo MOJO!… Expand
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  3. Jeremy
    4
    Feels so damn forced, a commercial motivated record move instead of an artisitc one. Why does he write this eulogy to the vinyl record then deliver this multimedia extravaganza DVD/CD with the jarring repetetive reprise of a half baked song? For me this officially assigns Jay Farrar to the washed up list.… Expand
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