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Real Animal - Alejandro Escovedo
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83 out of 100

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8.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

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  • Summary: The ninth solo album for the former punk rocker was produced by Tony Visconti.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. All Music Guide
    90
    Real Animal is an album about life--both as survival and as the faces and moments that fill our days on this Earth. How many artists could make two masterpieces in a row that are so different?
  2. PopMatters
    90
    Music this rich and evocative should be heard by everyone, and one can only hope that more and more people will hear as Escovedo continues to write his own story.
  3. Austin Chronicle
    89
    For Escovedo fans that have followed the local star through the Nuns, Rank and File, the True Believers, and Buick MacKane, Real Animal bares teeth and soul in rock & roll payback.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. DS
    10
    This is a great album. It sounds like Southside Johnny, Springsteen, and Joe Strummer.
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  2. TrabajadorS.
    10
    His best work yet--and two of his previous are firmly planted on my desert island list.
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  3. BruceN.
    10
    Best record of the year from beginning to end. Excellent songwriting and sujperb guitar work by Escovedo and David Pulkingham backed by the production wizardry of Tony Visconti. I listened to this recording more than any other I've purchased in recent years.… Expand
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