Pajo
by Pajo
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6

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  1. jyotirmayad
    Sep 1, 2005
    10
    The best ambient music of today. Instinctively sure of itself yet decidedly 'unassuming.'
  2. WayneB
    Sep 30, 2005
    9
    Versatile, cohiesive work of beauty....ahhhhh.... if Elliott Smith had only relocated to Louisville instead of L.A. he might still be of this soil and sounding like this. David Christian Pajo is to be commended for this 2005 masterpiece!!!
  3. PaulN
    Sep 16, 2005
    5
    An album of slight promise which for the most part is unable to rise above, weighted by overly dominant production, beneath which songs of morbid mediocrity sit. Worthy of purchase, however, solely to sample the distant echo of Roman Candle era Elliott Smith on

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80
#80 Best Album of 2005

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Billboard
    70
    While the self-imposed constraints limit the emotional power of songs like "Mary of the Wild Moor" and the hushed, fingerpicked "Manson Twins," it's a happy addition to Pajo's solid lo-fi repertoire.
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  2. Pitchfork
    73
    This record doesn't intend to blow your hair back; it wants to get under your skin, and with its twinkling arpeggios, morbidly graceful lyrics, and barely there electronics, slowly, it does.
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  3. Q Magazine
    70
    A most pleasant surprise. [Jul 2005, p.122]
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