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By far the best showcase for Dave Matthews' seductive, haunting and deep warble.
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The despair is often easier to admire than to love.
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Entertainment WeeklyThe Matthews Band's absence does leave a void, mainly because their instrumental acrobatics usually glossed over the flimsier songs written by their fearless leader. [3 Oct 2003, p.70]
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The end results are a bit unwieldy, perhaps, and not always successful, but it is interesting and certainly different than a Dave Matthews Band record.
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BlenderMatthews's singular skill is adroitly tipping his elastic, emotive voice and sorority-seducing melodies from buoyant to melancholy. [Oct 2003, p.123]
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Too many of the tracks on Some Devil simply take longer than needed (five minutes on average) to reach their conclusion, most running out of gas somewhere around the three-and-a-half minute mark.
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UncutIt suggests there's far more to him than the anonymous middle-of-the-road college rock for which the Americans have such an insatiable appetite. [Dec 2003, p.118]
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Slogging through this stuff is so soul consuming that by the time you get to "Too High," with its pompous rock opera orchestral arrangement and portentous drums, you'll just surrender and let Dave have his way with you.
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Q MagazineSo Damn Lucky and Trouble are lyrical ballads that succeed through understatement, but elsewhere Gravedigger is an awful, hectoring anti-war lament. [Jan 2004, p.117]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 25 out of 29
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Mixed: 1 out of 29
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Negative: 3 out of 29
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JohnE.Apr 7, 2008
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NiallS.Jan 16, 2008Love it! One of my top 10 albums ever.
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BradH.Dec 19, 2007Absolutely amazing. Give it 3 listenings and you will be hooked. A must have for any Dave fan even without his band.