• Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: May 31, 2011
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 14
  2. Negative: 1 out of 14
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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 22
  2. Negative: 2 out of 22
  1. Dec 19, 2011
    70
    Vedder never has been ashamed of his bleeding heart... it's refreshing to have a record where that heart is pushed toward the center, beating fully and proudly on his lightest, sweetest album yet.
  2. Q Magazine
    Jun 29, 2011
    60
    His second solo effort succeeds largely because its titular novelty never overshadows the bittersweet folk vignettes, driven by his affecting baritone. [Jul 2011, p.119]
  3. Mojo
    Jun 21, 2011
    80
    Pearl Jam grungemeister reveals self to be shameless romantic. {July 2011, p. 106]