I can't believe I used to like these guys. Why doesn't he just change the name of the band already. This is like high school drama students gone wild.

The sugar sweetly sick lyrics get a bit annoying in places - and sometimes you just want them to turn their amps up to 11 and rock out like they can- but this album is a definite grower and worth investigating.

This band is amazing!!

Ignore the silly cover design - this is wonderfully crafted epic psychedelic prog-pop not to be missed. It is exultant, as one critix says, so much so that it is hard to place it - it has little of the irony and emotional minimalism of much indie stuff, it has too many bursting highs and shifts of mood for pop, but has a dark undercurrent that separates it from other dreamy pschedelics. It also has a humility and lack of self-destructiveness to keep it out of the Jeff Buckley camp of epic rock. It is out of time altogether - whether this works for or against it, time will tell. I hope so, because this is beautiful and inspiring music.… Expand

Good if you already like them.

Nice work, beautifully produced, but oddly familiar. I dont' just refer to earlier Rev works, but take a listen to the one of the best forgotten bands of the 1970's, Pavlov's Dog.

I still think they sound like Supertramp.

Most disappointing album they have released to date.

Lush, melodic and a real grower. Mercury Rev hit the harmony button and achieve success. If you like entering worlds of swirling orchestrated tunes then be ready to drown in the perfect lushness of this. Mmmmmmmm really lush!

Self indulgent, pretty but spineless. What happened to the band who constantly progress? Pleasant, but sadly adult contemporary. Just buy Boces instead

I love MR -- think everything they've created in the studio had been excellent: emotional, cerebral, visionary, gorgeous. I've had this album for a couple of weeks, and it's a pleasant listen, but you shouldn't buy it expecting the kind of religous experience that can be had listening any of MR's other studio albums. You should still but it, though: lots of good melodies; just nothing great and nothing surprising.… Expand

great follow-up to previous albums. Not all songs are classics but many are up there with their best.

Ignore any negative reviews of this album. 'The Secret Migration' more than matches the beauty of 'Deserter's Songs' and 'All Is Dream'. Rather than resting on their laurels and standing still creatively (which some clueless reviewers have incorrectly suggested) it is in fact a significant progression from their past work and a truly magical album that improves with every listen.… Expand

disappointing and predictable, not a patch on Deserter's, no discernibly great lyrics, no screeching bowed saw or powerful guitars, dull....

one of the best albums of all time.

Sachin P, c'mon. Even if this album was exceptional and one of the year's best (which is isn't by a long shot) it still wouldn't be one of the greatest albums ever made. Blood on the Tracks, Exile on Main St. , The White Album, Secret Migration.......see, it doesn't work. Needless to say, disappointing album, definitely their weakest to date. The 75 really is generous and it is that high probably just because this is a Mercury Rev cd and so the critics give it the benefit of the doubt. Super Furry Animals, Go-betweens, and especially Sleater Kinney also got that special treatement this year with all of them turning in very mediocre at best outings.… Expand