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. bhsmall
    Jul 26, 2020
    1
    Not a great set. Seen them live a year ago with songs from their better albums. Dont love the it still moves tracks and some of the Z tracks are pretty good live I guess. But nope
  2. Iggyshow4351
    Nov 24, 2017
    9
    Thumbs up. Great band like all thereThumbs up. Great band like all there music.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999… Collapse
  3. jyo_tirmaya
    Jun 29, 2011
    7
    I agree with Pitchfork on this one. I expected more of a "jam" sound on this live set, similar to what they did in the "Austin" performance - they rocked it far beyond any of their albums. This one sounds like a good album, but "live" -- well, a lot of the stuff one would expect live is absent. It only succeeds in thrilling towards the last 3 or 4 songs. Guess maybe it took them thatI agree with Pitchfork on this one. I expected more of a "jam" sound on this live set, similar to what they did in the "Austin" performance - they rocked it far beyond any of their albums. This one sounds like a good album, but "live" -- well, a lot of the stuff one would expect live is absent. It only succeeds in thrilling towards the last 3 or 4 songs. Guess maybe it took them that long to warm up, but then the concert was over with. But overall, a great album -- it just could have been meatier (and I'm a vegetarian!).… Expand
  4. SethW
    Dec 8, 2007
    10
    I love this band, but hate some of their production on their earlier albums (reverb is very much overdone). So I had to put up with production that didn't heighten good songs. Z was different though, and hit everything right. To hear great sounding, expanded versions of "Run Thru" "Lowdown" "Dancefloors" and "One Big Holiday" being torn up by this band is a pleasure. Just like the I love this band, but hate some of their production on their earlier albums (reverb is very much overdone). So I had to put up with production that didn't heighten good songs. Z was different though, and hit everything right. To hear great sounding, expanded versions of "Run Thru" "Lowdown" "Dancefloors" and "One Big Holiday" being torn up by this band is a pleasure. Just like the last Wilco record, this gives me a different aspect to songs I already knew and gives them greater depth and appreciation. great live album from the greatest live band out there.… Expand
  5. TomicaK
    Jan 14, 2007
    10
    Fantastic record, I'm not a huge fan, but this is one of the best live albums in the last 20 years.
  6. JimR
    Dec 10, 2006
    10
    I'm really not a big fan of live albums, and i'm a new mmj fan. that being said along with... live at Filmore east, get your ya ya's and live at leeds this is one of the best live album;'s i've heard and having seen them live last week it does them justice.
  7. HeraldK
    Dec 6, 2006
    10
    Awe inspiring...this is what Rock n' Roll should be. Exciting, uplifting, emotional, energetic...this live album is far too good for me to describe in a few simple words. It is a must own, especially in this age of tired, rehashed, unspirited bands. My Morning Jacket are true originals, yet they write and play such old school rock..it just feels right. This is the best band in the Awe inspiring...this is what Rock n' Roll should be. Exciting, uplifting, emotional, energetic...this live album is far too good for me to describe in a few simple words. It is a must own, especially in this age of tired, rehashed, unspirited bands. My Morning Jacket are true originals, yet they write and play such old school rock..it just feels right. This is the best band in the world and Okonokos proves it.… Expand
  8. JamesL
    Nov 28, 2006
    10
    I bought this cd on a whim after reading a good review in the minneapolis paper...man, i'm floored! honestly this is the most excited i've been about a cd in 10-15 years.
  9. trimmm
    Oct 7, 2006
    8
    i give the cd an 8 because it is up there with the live wilco album. I was at this show and the show was a ten
  10. 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
  11. Gregg
    Sep 28, 2006
    9
    One of the best live albums from one of the best rock bands out there. Doesn't disappoint.

Awards & Rankings

85
#85 Best Album of 2006

Critic Reviews

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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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