Three Easy Pieces
by Buffalo Tom
  • Record Label: New West
  • Release Date: Jul 10, 2007
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. The A.V. Club
    83
    Three Easy Pieces, the first album by a reunited Buffalo Tom, is arguably the band's second-best record.
  2. Amazon.com
    80
    The melodies still rumble with elegance. The choruses are instantly unforgettable. And the band's original members--Maginnis, Bill Janovitz (guitar/vocals), and Chris Colbourn (bass/vocals) - remain intact and chillingly in synch.
  3. Magnet
    80
    Don’t fetch the gurney just yet. Seems Buffalo Tom still has a few good ones left in ’em.
  5. NOW Magazine
    80
    If the Replacements were to release an album stuffed with vital performances of stylishly crafted roots rock like those on Three Easy Pieces, it would be hailed as the comeback of the century.
  6. Delusions of Adequacy
    70
    Neither too mature (i.e. boring), nor too desperately age-defying (i.e. embarrassing), Three Easy Pieces potently reenergizes older Tom trademarks as well as imprinting a few new ones.
  7. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    It's far from their best work, yet from the fuzzy lollop of the title track to the reverb-drenched "Pendleton," it reaffirms that not only are Buffalo Tom one of America's great lost bands, but that real estate's loss is rock'n'roll's gain.
  8. AllMusic
    70
    Three Easy Pieces is the sort of reunion album that happened for the right reasons - because these players still work well together and have good songs to share - and anyone who ever cared about this frequently underrated band will want to hear them in this impressive return to form.
  9. Hot Press
    70
    A sparkling return to form for a band regarded by many as the great lost hope of the early ‘90s.
  10. PopMatters
    70
    Three Easy Pieces is a stone-faced ringer for Buffalo Tom’s heyday, but it’s by no means a retread of the past.
  11. musicOMH.com
    70
    It's really rather good.
  12. No Ripcord
    70
    Although Buffalo Tom will certainly never set the music world aflame with their lyrical content, Three Easy Pieces proves that getting old never sounded so good.

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 24
  3. Negative: 3 out of 24
  1. RambaldiM.
    Aug 16, 2007
    10
    I bought the new album a couple of weeks ago and it never leaves out my stereo. Great album. I'll hope to see them live somedays.
  2. MikeD
    Aug 9, 2007
    8
    Buffalo Tom always seemed to effortlessly write great rock songs, and this new CD is no exception. It may not be up there with their 2 best Buffalo Tom always seemed to effortlessly write great rock songs, and this new CD is no exception. It may not be up there with their 2 best (Let Me Come Over and Sleepy Eyed) but it's a very welcome return. The title track is terrific.… Full Review »
  3. RiversC
    Aug 7, 2007
    10
    Tremendous return to action for Buffalo Tom. Somehow they get back together and put out a record more complete than Bill Janovitz's solo work.
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