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- Summary: 'Valende' is the third album overall and American debut for the Italian psychedelic rock band Jennifer Gentle. (Note that there is nobody in the band actually named Jennifer, and we are unsure about exactly how gentle they are.)
- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 18
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Mixed: 2 out of 18
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Negative: 0 out of 18
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Valende is really a more significant album than a lot of people seem to be giving it credit for being, and one hopes that it will be remembered as such.
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Entertainment WeeklySyd Barrett meets Fellini. [28 Jan 2005, p.85]
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Alternative PressMost of Valende's songs have that creepy nursery-rhyme thing that people who read too much Lewis Carroll would call "whimsy." [Mar 2005, p.132]
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MagnetWhimsical, immaculately realized music. [#67, p.98]
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It's hard to hear some of these songs coming from the same country, let alone the same band, as some of the others, and this lack of stylistic (or any sort of) cohesion may prove Jennifer Gentle's undoing.
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Its sagging middle aside, Valende may be one of the stronger psychedelic pop releases to come my way in the last couple of years.
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Under The RadarThe wide-eyed soundtrack to an afternoon-stoner daydream. [#8, p.106]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 1 out of 4
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JDBurtonFeb 6, 2005best album i bought in a while. warm, subtle acid folk from two Italian guys who took too much lsd.
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charlotterFeb 7, 2005
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AaronJ.Mar 19, 2005Very strange voice! Very naive spychedelia!
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LaurenceHCFeb 5, 2005Awfully unbearable! Two songs are acceptable... but the rest is hideous!
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