• Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Release Date: Oct 14, 2016
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
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  1. Oct 26, 2016
    10
    A stunning album, great lyrics, beautiful melodies, Conor at the top of his powers. An album that feels so personal that sometimes it hurts. blood on the tracks 2.0
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 26
  2. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Nov 11, 2016
    80
    The ultimate result of that process remains to be seen, but in the meantime, it has left us with a beautifully rendered, intimately personal collection of very fine songs indeed.
  2. Nov 7, 2016
    80
    They’re not as overwrought as the earliest Bright Eyes records--recorded when he was in his teens and early 20s--but they’re just as pure and open-hearted, albeit with the (jaded) wisdom that comes with age, making it arguably his best solo effort yet.
  3. Oct 25, 2016
    70
    Dark, wandering, and at times even starkly morbid, it’s a record that avows loneliness, presents it honestly, without outright glorifying it.