Under The Skin - Lindsey Buckingham
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80 out of 100

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7.6 out of 10

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  • Summary: The Fleetwood Mac guitarist's first solo outing in over a dozen years features bandmates Mick Fleetwood and John McVie on two tracks of a largely acoustic set.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. Uncut
    100
    He concocts a series of dazzling interior epics with just a fingerpicked acoustic guitar and his echo-drenched voice. [Nov 2006, p.101]
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  2. Mojo
    80
    At times it's spellbinding. [Dec 2006, p.118]
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  3. PopMatters
    50
    There’s no denying that he has his own style, but a little more variety in execution might make Under the Skin a more enthralling and thus, listenable experience.
  4. NOW Magazine
    20
    Unfortunately, all the intricately picked little guitar figures don't make his raspy yelping sound any less like a wet cat stuck under a couch.

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  1. Positive: 18 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 2 out of 22
  1. baron
    10
    The cover of "I am waiting" is possibly teh best cover version i've heard. And the rest of the tracks are excellent too. The man is a genius.
  2. SanfordP
    8
    Understated, sensitive, wistful...sounds like I could be talking about any number of current indie rock sissies. But wait! Lindsey actually knows how to operate a guitar!! Take note, indie rock guitar "owners" of the world.… Expand
  3. jonathan
    7
    The songs are very good, but I feel that it was a bad choice to have not re-recorded most of the songs. Most of the album was done at home by Buckingham on a digital recorder except for 2 songs. The 2 songs recorded in the real studio with Rob Cavallo sound much more fully realized than the rest of the album. The title track is a beautiful song but the click track running through the whole song ruins it for me and drives me nuts!… Expand
  4. mikes.
    4
    Weird acoustic stuff, not pop. Not fun or exciting so its bad and not recommended

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