Tribal
by Imelda May
  • Record Label: Verve
  • Release Date: Sep 23, 2014
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. New York Daily News (Jim Faber)
    Sep 23, 2014
    60
    The obvious skill and spring in May’s delivery can excite, but her music has become too uniform, too fixed in its backward view to keep us rapt.
  2. Mojo
    Jul 24, 2014
    60
    The feel is antique and wearily repetitive. Only the sexed up Wicked Way and the deft and tender Little Pixie, about her baby daughter, offer any light and shade. [Jul 2014, p.92]
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  3. The Independent (UK)
    Jul 24, 2014
    60
    Her follow-up to the popular Mayhem finds Imelda May still indulging the boisterous rapscallion character suggested by titles like “Wild Woman”, “Hellfire Club” and “Gypsy In Me”.
  5. The Observer (UK)
    Jul 24, 2014
    60
    May's an engaging and entertaining storyteller on the more breakneck material, particularly the dynamic Wild Woman and the melodically astute Hellfire Club. The ballads, however, are less distinguished.

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  1. VonSeux
    Sep 23, 2014
    6
    This woman is just AMAZING live, go see her and the band! It has been a long journey from Love Tattoo to this, the sound is more crispy, loudThis woman is just AMAZING live, go see her and the band! It has been a long journey from Love Tattoo to this, the sound is more crispy, loud and fast. I miss the wooded sound from the bass. Nevertheless an album with good tracks that should sound even better live.… Full Review »
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