We All Want the Same Things
by Craig Finn
  • Record Label: Partisan
  • Release Date: Mar 24, 2017
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
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  1. Blurt Magazine
    Apr 11, 2017
    60
    Songs like “Preludes,” “Tracking Shots,” “Tangletown” and “Rescue Blues” find his pliable vocals emitting that certain verve and swagger.
  2. DIY Magazine
    Mar 24, 2017
    60
    This collection is his most fully-realised to date, with hooks as the glittering vehicle for tales of a blighted American Midwest.
  3. Exclaim
    Mar 24, 2017
    60
    We All Want the Same Things won't quench the casual fan's thirst for new drunken bar rock anthems, but for those willing to listen a bit more closely (and quietly), Finn's solo work still provides some stories worth hearing.
  5. PopMatters
    Mar 21, 2017
    60
    Finn has succeeded in differentiating his solo material from his Hold Steady work, but sometimes I wonder if his low-key musical approach highlights the depressing nature of his storytelling a bit too much. But most listeners know what they’re signing up for with Finn at this point.
  6. Mojo
    Mar 14, 2017
    60
    Finn is still writing wordy story songs, but the breathing space elevates those words. [Apr 2017, p.97]
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  7. Q Magazine
    Mar 14, 2017
    60
    Finn is sometimes let down by a ploddy production. [May 2017, p.103]
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  8. The Independent (UK)
    Mar 22, 2017
    40
    It’s all a bit depressing, and not helped by the plodding music, which sags back into plonking piano quadruplets and dissatisfying, baggy sax, leavened by the occasional squall of guitar.

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7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. clinton79
    May 19, 2017
    9
    The first listen through is a little rough and disappointing. For some reason it felt off from his last solo album but then again I said theThe first listen through is a little rough and disappointing. For some reason it felt off from his last solo album but then again I said the same thing about that album compared to "Clear Eyes". After listening through probably 50 times by now, it is by far his best effort. There is so much going on, such a huge leap in writing and musicianship and such diverse songs. His storytelling is still top notch he's just added to it.

    Because of spotify and other streaming music sites it's safe to say people don't buy albums that much any more but this is an album I went out and bought on CD it's that good    … Full Review »
  2. molecular
    Mar 29, 2017
    8
    This is the singer songwriter side of Craig Finn and he has achieved his best solo album with this one. Try and listen to "God In Chicago"This is the singer songwriter side of Craig Finn and he has achieved his best solo album with this one. Try and listen to "God In Chicago" and not get a lump in your throat.… Full Review »
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