Once We Were Trees
by Beachwood Sparks
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Oct 9, 2001
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  1. MikH
    Jan 19, 2005
    7
    Give Once We Were Trees time and you'll discover some very beautiful moments both lyrically and musically. While the album consists of the bands lethargic experimental alt country style combined with more upbeat psychedelic work outs, the album as a whole doesn

Awards & Rankings

75
#75 Best Album of 2001

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Neumu.net
    80
    The Beachwood Sparks balance deft restraint with hot guitar licks, making Once We Were Trees the best Byrds album since Sweetheart of the Rodeo.
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  2. Billboard
    80
    By scaling warm guitar lines, keen melodies, and a valuable sense of history, these Sparks continue to fly.
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  3. Rolling Stone
    60
    Beachwood Sparks do their Sixties So-Cal thing so well, you kind of wish they'd stick with it and leave the genre blending and apocalyptic disillusionment to Radiohead.
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