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Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. 80
    The importance of telling the tale far exceeds the risk for Moddi and so he should be praised for bringing these songs and their stories back into mainstream attention across a captivating musical and historical record.
  2. Mojo
    Oct 31, 2016
    60
    Moddi's own arrangements, translations and distinctive Donovan-esque tones ensures Unsongs coheres as a n album as well as an eye-opening lesson in the importance of music. [Nov 2016, p.88]
  3. Oct 31, 2016
    60
    There are songs from China, Chile and Algeria, along with Kate Bush’s Army Dreamers, at one time banned by the BBC. It’s unfortunate that A Matter of Habit, a powerful antiwar song by the Israeli singer Izhar Ashdot, is marred by swirling orchestral backing.
  4. Uncut
    Oct 31, 2016
    80
    Spanning conflicts from China to Chile, Algeria to Israel, the songs have a shared universality and power that makes up for the way the Anglification process erases cultural context. It works because Moddi's delivery is empathic and superb. [Nov 2016, p.32]

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