The Evening Of My Best Day - Rickie Lee Jones
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84 out of 100

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7.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

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  • Summary: 'Evening' represents Jones' first album of self-penned material in six years. The roster of guests includes Nels Cline, David Hidalgo, Grant Lee Phillips and Bill Frisell.

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    These are pop's most artful anti-Bush statements to date.
  2. Q Magazine
    80
    For once, the return to form tag rings true. [Dec 2003, p.129]
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  3. Mojo
    80
    Although Evening... has this unexpected core of angry commitment, she's still slick with Californian cruisers. [Nov 2003, p.123]
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  4. All Music Guide
    80
    An utterly compelling, even riveting, selection of tunes that go from bright to opaque, to dark and back again by album's end.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
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  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. MarkR
    10
    Like anybody with an association with Nirvana would know the first damn thing about the magnificence of a musical mind like RLJ's. Ignore nitwit Charles, and ask yourself: If Rickie's muse had truly deserted her, then what in the hell are Hidalgo, Frisell, and the usual top-drawer studio crowd doing rushing to back her up? Precisely. And therein is the reason you won't find Nirvana types in that same studio. The music demands so much more than that.… Expand
  2. AFan
    10
    To use a timeworn phrase: A very welcome return to her essence. Man, this lady is something special.
  3. RichardH
    10
    Uncanny depth and feeling. Powerful anti-Neocon political sentiments that you can sing. More gasoline just waiting for a spark.
  4. DavidZ
    3
    Although her voice is still strong it sounds tired. Her politics do not convince. It's sounds like she's desperate to be relevant and will do anything to get attention. This time out she attacks George Bush but she does not seem to be a bright political thinker ala Bob Dylan. Overall, the farther her career slides into obscurity, the more calculating she seems to become.… Expand

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