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85 out of 100

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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 302 Ratings

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  • Summary: Steve Albini, Jim O'Rourke and Van Dyke Parks lend a hand on this five-song full-length from the folk singer-songwriter.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 35
  3. Negative: 1 out of 35
  1. Drowned In Sound
    100
    It's a vivid and beautiful painting that you can walk into; a magic window into another world that I'd be happy to get lost in, and never come back.
  2. Magnet
    60
    While it is technically flawless and masterfully executed, it makes for awkward listening. [#74, p.102]
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  3. Trouser Press
    10
    It's like being stuck in the seat next to a chatty, batshit backwoods pixie for an 18-hour plane ride.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 150 out of 196
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 196
  3. Negative: 38 out of 196
  1. PCamelo
    10
    Magical. Flawless. One of the best albums I've ever heard, it's like a very well told tale, and Joanna is very creative, and not boring at all. Even though no one mentions it, "Cosmia" is beautiful, and, for me, the best track. "Sawdust & Diamonds" is also just as pretty. No single back track in this album.… Expand
    • 3 of 3 users said yes
  2. pauls
    4
    NOW and Rolling Stone are dead on: "She plucks and sings in her little-girl-lost warble never seems entirely integrated with the hovering orchestral parts ... Hard to stomach"… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. Steve
    3
    This is 50 minutes of noise without a single memorable melody, with the added bonus of a voice I’m convinced was a villain on Super Friends. I’d be amazed if any of these people raving over it have listened to it more than that obligatory first time so as to put a mental checkmark beside ‘I’m one of the cool kids!’. I can only pray these people who so easily hand out a ‘10’ show up when I release my new album “Randomly mashing piano keys while grandma reads from Beowulf”.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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