Under Cold Blue Stars
by Josh Rouse
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5

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  1. [Anonymous]
    Apr 5, 2003
    9
    great, kind of chill, david gray-esque, if you like labels; its altcountry with electronic background noise....and its a grower.
  2. JorelL
    Oct 17, 2007
    4
    I much admire Rouse's 1972 and Nashville, but this early effort is almost a complete snooze. The melodies are way too meek and mild to make one care about the lyrics.

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#45 Best Album of 2002

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Metascore
80

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. Austin Chronicle
    78
    Rouse has pushed out the boundaries that molded his first two full-length albums. And he's done it in all directions.
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  2. The A.V. Club
    80
    The album's hypnotic passages and resounding moments all surround the singer's typically simple, memorable melodies, but the highlights of Under Cold Blue Stars are the lyrical phrases that Rouse chews up and blows out.
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  3. Billboard
    80
    Few songwriters can express these mundane intricacies of melancholia free from morose affectation, but Rouse's heartbreak and hurt sounds honest and natural, inviting you to share his pain.
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