Pretty Little Head
by Nellie McKay
User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 3 out of 12

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  1. JohnR
    Feb 22, 2007
    8
    Got the album a little while ago, and as always, I'm not listening hard to begin with. For now, it's just background for work or play. Music, voice, and a few words come through, and as of today, it all sounds great. But if this album is like Get Away From Me, I'd better not listen too carefully to the lyrics or that 8 rating will drop.
  2. JaneK
    Nov 8, 2006
    10
    The best album of the year hands down
  3. ReubenF
    Dec 18, 2006
    7
    Nellie McKay combines being a little too girly cute for some with being a little too feminist for others, with a dash of anti-Norah Jones piano tinkle and a stand-up comic sense of fun. An artist to watch in coming years - she hasn't quite found herself yet.
  4. CaseyW
    Oct 31, 2006
    10
    Nellie is perfect and can do no wrong.
  5. GilesB
    Nov 29, 2006
    7
    great album let down by one or two really annoying tunes
  6. NelliefanMcKay
    Oct 31, 2006
    10
    What a fantastic album!!!!! It should have been released a year ago on Columbia, but it is well worth the wait. Get Away From Me was a terrific record but this one tops that. It really shows Nellie's progression as an artist.

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. Alternative Press
    80
    What... is immediately evident is the extent to which McKay has grown as a musician. [Feb 2006, p.130]
  2. Billboard
    90
    Sure, McKay is a sonic chameleon, but perhaps more important, she is one deft (and witty) songwriter/musician. [14 Jan 2006]
  3. Blender
    80
    Though she seems to be done with rapping, her hip-hop loops and restless genre-mixing still save her from vintage-dress purgatory. [Jan/Feb 2006, p.94]
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