The Best of Gloucester County - Danielson
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  • Summary: The latest album for the group led by Daniel Smith was produced by the frontman.
  • Record Label: Secretly Canadian
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. PopMatters
    Feb 25, 2011
    90
    Best of Gloucester County announces itself as superlative--a high standard to meet for an artist that has already achieved such a distinct identity across so many compelling albums.
  2. Q Magazine
    Apr 6, 2011
    80
    While tracks such as This Day Is A Loaf could be straight out of an album by Stevens himself, it's when the band stretches out, on the gentle but unsettling Hosanna In The Forest, that they really excel. [Apr 2011, p.101]
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  3. Dusted Magazine
    Apr 7, 2011
    80
    In the end, it's the restraint, control, and unlikely expansiveness that make The Best of Gloucester County a strong and surreal step forward for Smith and his band.
  4. Mojo
    Apr 6, 2011
    60
    A band featuring such like-minded oddballs as Sufjan Stevens lend nice textures to the psychedelic swirls of Olympic Portions and Hovering Above That Hill, but simpler fare is more memorable. [Apr 2011, p.101]
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  1. JoeChristmas
    9
    Once again, Danielson serves as the house band for wedding feast of Matthew 22:2-14. I think that this album is more consistently enjoyable than Ships.… Collapse

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