Okonokos [Live]
by My Morning Jacket
  • Record Label: ATO
  • Release Date: Sep 26, 2006
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 29
  3. Negative: 2 out of 29

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  1. ToddW
    Sep 28, 2006
    5
    Listening to this album I feel I know how the little boy felt who allegedly said to Shoeless Joe Jackson, "Say It Ain't So, Joe." The problem with this live album by one of my favorite bands is that it feels, like, well, all the other crap live albums ever made, excluding possibly Peter Frampton's, Little Feat's, Live Bullet, Europe '72, Live at Leeds, How the West Was Listening to this album I feel I know how the little boy felt who allegedly said to Shoeless Joe Jackson, "Say It Ain't So, Joe." The problem with this live album by one of my favorite bands is that it feels, like, well, all the other crap live albums ever made, excluding possibly Peter Frampton's, Little Feat's, Live Bullet, Europe '72, Live at Leeds, How the West Was Won, Fillmore East, Folsom Prison, Live: Full House, or Kiss's first. There's just nothing new or exciting here. Heck, there isn't even anything old here as most of the songs are less than two-years-old from an album that hasn't had a chance to age. If it walks like a money grab and talks like a money grab, chances are good it's a money grab. But money does bad things to good rock-n-roll, especially to those bands long lost in the indie wilderness. Say it ain't okonokos.… Expand

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85
#85 Best Album of 2006

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Amazon.com
    80
    Rather than getting bogged down in concert-album fashion, Okonokos plays spanking new, almost re-studio recorded.
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  2. Billboard
    80
    "Okonokos" delivers as powerful a wake-up call to the ears as seeing MMJ in the flesh.
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  3. Blender
    70
    Proves they can do just fine without the foggy-hollow reverb they've always used to make their meandering sound mysterious. [Oct 2006, p.139]
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