Over and Even
by Joan Shelley
Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. The Telegraph (UK)
    Jan 14, 2016
    100
    On Over and Even, which was produced by Daniel Martin Moore, she also sings harmony with Will Oldham and Glen Dettinger and allied to riveting guitar work, as it is on My Only Trouble, the result is terrific.
  2. Uncut
    Oct 19, 2015
    90
    The fifth album to feature Kentucky's Joan Shelley has an immensely welcoming ease that was absent in 2014 anxious solo breakthrough, Electric Ursa.... A major talent. [Oct 2015, p.83]
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Oct 19, 2015
    80
    Most everything on Over is built with measured precision.... Equally striking is the musical depth.
  5. Rolling Stone
    Oct 19, 2015
    80
    Subtlety and simplicity also define this set of acoustic songs. But like the verse, the terms understate the power and beauty of the subject at hand.
  6. AllMusic
    Oct 19, 2015
    80
    There's a bold stroke of genial Southerness that runs through the music and keeps things tempered, honest, and effortlessly authentic, despite a predilection for eccentricity.
  7. Pitchfork
    Oct 19, 2015
    78
    This tension between plain old songs and structures and an interest in omitting details and accessorizing sounds enlivens Over and Even from start to finish.
  8. Dusted Magazine
    Oct 19, 2015
    70
    All of the tunes are pretty but none of them knock it out of the park.

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