Tres Cosas - Juana Molina
Metascore
76 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Far more than someone like Beth Orton -- who seems positively conventional in comparison -- she's creating a new paradigm for singer/songwriters, with electronics an integral part of her sound, rather than an afterthought.
  2. A luminous combination of fragile folk and bubbling electronica. [4 June 2004, p.80]
  3. 83
    Evokes Bjork as a Latina wallflower, sketching gossamer balladry with acoustic guitar and oddball synths. [Jun 2004, p.108]
  4. Tres Cosas does then what all good third albums should do – it takes the best bits from her earlier works, perfects the model, and then goes a little bit further.
  5. 80
    It's an attractive kind of stoner-folk, whose dimensions she controls on a minute level, with enough gradually shifting detail to get lost in. [#27, p.139]
  6. Somewhere between Beth Orton and Iron and Wine, Molina's music feels like it's been pulled direct from the surrounding air; a spring breeze given shape.
  7. The songs are lovely and placid enough to soothe the stressed and unnerved listener, but evocative enough to instill a disconcertingly curious sensation that lingers in a blissfully unfettered fashion.
  8. 80
    Molina's delicate vocals glide and dip, leaving Bjork earthbound on the shore and pea-green with envy. [#64, p.102]
  9. A record of mixed materials that still sounds natural; a far cry from some of folk music's more hamfisted attempts at acoustic/electronic collusion.
  10. Sounds like a recently awakened Aphex Twin in warm snooze mode. [Oct 2004, p.133]
  11. Molina brings an offbeat sense of humor to the hypnotic, electronica-informed songs. [13 May 2004, p.74]
  12. The alluring texture of every track on "Tres Cosas" makes it a winner.
  13. Molina succeeds in creating a sound refreshingly unfamiliar and exotic.
  14. While Tres Casas is a large step forward for Molina, and a better album than Segundo, paradoxically, it’s a less enjoyable one.
  15. Boring strummed singer-songwritering with not terribly interesting electronica.
User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. GerardoFR
    10
    súper bueno
  2. joser
    10
    good job juana! great album! you´re getting better and better! Fron "Rara" to "Tres Cosas" you can tell you´re growing as an artist/songwriter. It´s difficult to show entangled emotions in a very simple way. You and few other artists can reach that! congrats! Full Review »
  3. RicardoM
    10
    Es simplemente magnifico!!!!!!!