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Generally favorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings
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Positive: 38 out of 42
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Mixed: 1 out of 42
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Negative: 3 out of 42
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MaxwellPMar 28, 2010
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RezJApr 6, 2010One of the "Must have to" listen album. it's great.
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RaulfSJun 17, 2010Even in musics not so remarkable, it's terrible lovely.
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MattB.Apr 1, 2010Does this remind anyone else of Neko Case?
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NathanMMar 25, 2010An excellent follow-up to Volume One. While Volume One allowed listeners to fall in love (or not) with Zooey, Volume Two, as Zooey comes into her own, allows listeners to fall in love with the instrumentation provided by M. Ward.
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DavidSMar 26, 2010As good, if not better than Vol, 1... Reviews claiming it breaks no new ground, or is too similar in tenor to the first are just flat out lazy... Hello! It's Vol. 2.
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Nov 27, 2010
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May 29, 2011I'm so happy that Chloe Deschannel has initiated this group, their music is simply amazing. I would love if they were more relevant in music business, it's a shame because their melodies are worthy sophomore, I found this album more diverse and ultimately more interesting. This album is better than the "Volume One" absolutely.
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Dec 6, 2014For some reason I like this better than Volume One. Their sound evolved a bit into a softer, more chill one... a bit different from their debut. Fave tracks are "Lingering Still", "Thieves" and "Home". Love this album.
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Under The RadarRather than being something different or a step in a new direction, it's merely a continuation of the same thing as last time. [Winter 2010, p.65]
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The smiling-through-tears undercurrent of ’60s pop is lost in Deschanel’s taffy-like vocals, and though the album evokes memories of a more pleasant time, they seem far too sweet to be real.
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Though Ward is a master instrumentalist, Deschanel's vocal affects and childlike rhymes sometimes veer into twee overload; she can seem too in love with her own adorability. But by a cappella closer ''If You Can't Sleep,'' it's hard to begrudge this Volume's magpie charms.