There is No Other
by Rhiannon Giddens
  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Release Date: May 3, 2019
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Iandommett
    May 20, 2019
    10
    This feels like a landmark album. Familiar in many ways but with startling new sounds and textures that totally recreate the traditional song. Makes you just want to hang and see where the music takes you.

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#30 Best Album of 2019

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. PopMatters
    Jun 10, 2019
    80
    The album as a whole invites us to do more than share our misery. It asks us to see ourselves as part of something bigger.
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  2. Pitchfork
    May 8, 2019
    76
    With such sparse arrangements, the album’s grandest moments come from Giddens’ vocals. She delivers her originals with the same spirit as more familiar material, like a show-stopping take on “Wayfaring Stranger.”
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  3. Rolling Stone
    May 3, 2019
    70
    It’s hard not to wish for a few more moments like that on There Is No Other, where old-school songcraft takes precedence over the album’s bravely collaborative spirit. But Gidden’s new album, yet another fine entry in her outstanding current run, is ultimately the most distilled and sui generis display of the unique artistry that defines her still-blossoming career.
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