The Excitement Plan - Todd Snider
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83 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: The latest album for the alt-country singer was produced by Don Was.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. The A.V. Club
    91
    Beneath the disheveled exterior is an ace storyteller with a Raymond Carver-esque gift for mapping out the troubled contours of a character’s life with a few well-chosen details.
  2. Spin
    80
    Like Robert Earl Keen, he has a way with a punch line and the frat-boy fans to prove it--they're gonna love 'America's Favorite Pastime,' which recounts the 1970 no-hitter Dock Ellis pitched on LSD. The rest of us will admire 'Bring 'Em Home,' a spirited call to get our troops the hell out of harm's way.
  3. Paste Magazine
    80
    Excitement Plan--like its author--is full of hope, realism, humor and just enough crazy to weather the storm.
  4. Rolling Stone
    80
    Todd Snider's compressed story-songs are so vivid and knowing that they seem completely plausible, even the one on his new album voiced by a piece of discarded junk mail that dreams of being a tree again.

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
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  1. WilliamL
    10
    A typical Snider album, well written, hitting all emotions and making it all rhyme. Well done Mr. Snider.
  2. MSimpson
    9
    Reminds me of Howe Gelb. Great stories and music that is enjoyable to chill to. Not usually a country fan but I recognize good songwriting when I hear it and this transcends genre boundaries.… Expand
  3. TomT
    8
    Good one.

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