The Way The Wind Blows - A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Metascore
80 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. And though the album sags a little towards the end, with a few shorter instrumental numbers, it's still an invigorating journey, a caravan of cavorting musicians, careening through the countryside, stopping only to play festivals and funerals.
  2. If you liked Beirut, you'll love this.
  3. A curious, klezmer-infested charm.
  4. 80
    A set glorying in its sensual exoticism. [Jan 2007, p.102]
  5. 80
    Vivid, diverse and faintly trippy. [Nov 2006, p.99]
  6. Barnes' accordion playing has grown leaps and bounds since Noon.
  7. This is his best yet. [#15]
  8. An oddly affecting collage. [Dec 2006, p.132]
  9. The potency of AHAAH's genres of choice are both the album's difficulty and strength; if you aren't partial to Balkan brass, klezmer or mariachi, abandon all hope of sticking this one out.
User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. leiris
    8
    Pretty good stuff here. Even more enjoyable than his previous two.
  2. Gifthorse
    10
    I don't rate music very often, but this album is genius. The compositions have a timeless folk quality that would lend themselves to a wide variety of occasions, helped by the wide variety of acoustic instruments that they are played with. You can imagine hearing this music at weddings, funerals, wherever human emotion is at the forefront of proceedings. Full Review »