User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
- Record Label: Team Love / Rough Trade
- Release Date: Jan 24, 2006
- Summary: This is the solo debut for former child star, Rilo Kiley frontwoman and occasional Postal Service vocalist Jenny Lewis. Contributors include Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and singer-songwriter M. Ward.
- Record Label: Team Love / Rough Trade
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 19 out of 24
-
Mixed: 5 out of 24
-
Negative: 0 out of 24
-
UncutA dozen remarkable tracks. [Feb 2006, p.78]
-
Though the singer-with-backup music relies on formula that won't set anyone's life straight, her melodic chops--sweet as a writer, supple as a singer--put the songs across.
-
Lewis draws from country and pop to build indelible songs around some capital "T" themes.
-
Using acoustic country gospel to explore the doubt-ridden downside of faith and her weakness to "my own destructive appetites," Lewis enlists Nashville twins Chandra and Leigh Watson to soften her sharp words with sparkling harmonies.
-
It's a moody, atmospheric listen that never gets quite as melancholy as it suggests and holds together better than any Rilo Kiley album to date.
-
On repeated listens, the songwriting makes the album lukewarm.
-
MojoPretty, but pointless. [Feb 2006, p.95]
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 32 out of 43
-
Mixed: 7 out of 43
-
Negative: 4 out of 43
-
GarretOJan 27, 2006A classic of the stone cold variety.
-
-
BruceRNov 1, 2006Jenny and the Twins in harmony heaven. If this isn't a contender for Record of the Year, demand a recount. Sublime!
-
-
[Anonymous]Jan 25, 2006Beautiful harmonies. Some great songwriting.
-
-
RobCJul 19, 2006This must be one of the bests in this year. Just 10 tracks, 10 good songs.
-
-
RobertAFeb 15, 2006
-
-
RJayJan 25, 2006
-
-
mikeApr 18, 2006does anyone listen to this overhyped garbage other than 13 year old femaile hipsters/scenesters?
-