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62 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

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  • Summary: The seventh album for the artist was produced by Dennis Herring.

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 21
  3. Negative: 2 out of 21
  1. Paste Magazine
    89
    This is the first album where his artistry seems fully realized, both in terms of subject matter and performance. Witty, balanced and highly charged.
  2. Mojo
    60
    Folds' leaps from satire to farce to domestic drama are part brilliant, part alarming, yet he still seems to wear wit and the manic energy of his voice as a carapace to conceal his soul. [Dec 2008, p.102]
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  3. The Boston Phoenix
    37
    Even Folds's knack for a well-placed f-bomb has devolved into a lazy device masquerading as irreverence. His attitude may remain young at heart, but his irony's over the hill.

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