• Record Label: ATO
  • Release Date: Jul 17, 2012
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. Uncut
    Dec 6, 2012
    60
    Aside from the Ryan Adams-esque "Bonfires." on their second album the more scruffy, down home elements of Alberta Cross' 2009 debut have been buffed to a stadium sheen. [Sep 2012, p.71]+
  2. Mojo
    Nov 29, 2012
    60
    These guileless, well-hemmed songs could use a few more frayed edges. [Dec 2012, p.96]
  3. Nov 20, 2012
    60
    It's so well constructed as pop music the only thing you can really say is that there's not much diversity.
  4. Nov 20, 2012
    60
    Their reach so far exceeds their grasp that all we can hear is the rift between their ambitions and their abilities.
  5. Nov 20, 2012
    60
    Alberta Cross sticks to its Atlantic Ocean-spanning guns on Songs of Patience, and more often than not, it hits the target dead on.
  6. Q Magazine
    Nov 26, 2012
    40
    Too often, though, his eagerness to please sees him tumbling down to earth. [Oct 2012, p.93]

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