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Universal acclaim- based on 127 Ratings
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Positive: 115 out of 127
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Mixed: 3 out of 127
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Negative: 9 out of 127
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JakeMar 23, 2005no....No.....NO!!!!!!!!! Someone needs to put this bleating donkey and his insufferable band of assorted a-ses out of their misery....
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AnthonyDApr 26, 2005
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BorisHSep 22, 2005I liked this better when it was called NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL!
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PresidentBushJul 9, 2006crap
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Awards & Rankings
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Entertainment Weekly[Meloy's] lyrics skip across history... and overflow with mellifluous rhymes. [25 Mar 2005, p.71]
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Picaresque is a triumph of theatrical imagination: the culmination of the Decemberists' steady march to greatness in four years of enriched storytelling and folk-rock invention.
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Alternative PressThe more realized updates of [Her Majesty] that crowd out the backed of Picaresque reveal a wit so bizarre and vaudevillian beauty so ultimately endearing that by the end, Meloy's sprawling form of theatrical folk has us all. [Apr 2005, p.116]