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Universal acclaim- based on 161 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 145 out of 161
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Mixed: 10 out of 161
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Negative: 6 out of 161
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JakeM.Oct 5, 2006Someone needs to call b.s. on these clowns. If Meloy's donkey-voiced bleating doesn't kill this, than the "MFA in Creative Writing" damaged narratives sink it in a sea of pretention. Please please please! Enough hyper-literate indie rock already!!!
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DDBOct 18, 2006Heinous! The creepiest minstrel music ever. And so precious. Bought it because of the high reviews - none of which are warranted. Sorry - this is bad music.
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NONoJun 13, 2008Somethings terribly wrong... how can a crap band like this get raved reviews?
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Oddly, the unconventional sequencing and measured pace of the album make the fragmented mess hold together quite well.
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Entertainment WeeklyThe jarring faux-metal riffage of "When the War Came" exposes Meloy's limits, but several of these studies in heartbreak and homicide rank among his most moving. [6 Oct 2006, p.68]
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Most of The Crane Wife consists of rehashes of Decemberists staples and by-the-books, cookie-cutter indie pop that runs the gamut between pleasant enough ("O, Valencia!") and barely tolerable ("Summersong").