The Sermon On Exposition Boulevard
by Rickie Lee Jones
  • Record Label: New West
  • Release Date: Feb 6, 2007
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. PopMatters
    30
    There are only two or three songs here that seem like they deserve company with Jones’s better work.

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
  3. Negative: 3 out of 15
  1. winesrsw
    Feb 2, 2019
    10
    Beautiful album. Re-listened on vacation after 5-10 years. (I hate how hard it is to listen to an album, vs random songs.) I was especiallyBeautiful album. Re-listened on vacation after 5-10 years. (I hate how hard it is to listen to an album, vs random songs.) I was especially touched by Was There Where, I Like It Best, and It Hurts. Any other recommendations. Donkey Ride was odd but unique!… Full Review »
  2. HeleneG
    Jul 16, 2009
    10
    Raw, honest. Jones stripped, lyrics and music. LOVE IT.
  3. GeneS
    Mar 11, 2009
    10
    First of all some of the acoustic (read: no computers) atmospheres would make Brian Eno green with envy. Some of the record is so playful and First of all some of the acoustic (read: no computers) atmospheres would make Brian Eno green with envy. Some of the record is so playful and inspired. It makes me laugh and smile. Some of it is devastating and heartrending. But all of it flies under the radar because the music is so darned engaging and entertaining. I'm inclined to believe "I Was There" is Rickie's greatest post-Pirates era performance. While the record doesn't issue the condemnation the Religious Right rightly deserves, it seems rather to make the point: as a spiritual peoples and collective we are so utterly lost, fumbling in the dark. Perhaps Rickie Lee Jones makes the point that realizing this is the first step toward moving to the light. The Sermon On Exposition Boulevard (a soulful update of a musical theory she explored on the 1997's Ghostyhead), is her most startling record since Pirates and easily earns a place among her greatest work.… Full Review »
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