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Generally favorable reviews- based on 311 Ratings
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Positive: 260 out of 311
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Mixed: 13 out of 311
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Negative: 38 out of 311
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Sep 18, 2022
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Feb 17, 2021
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Jan 15, 2021Album 5ask tsm3o ila knti baghi tnta7r ola ila kant tala3lk l7ayt fkrk o bghiti chi 7aja tzid dmrk nafsiyan
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Oct 31, 2020Deeply depressing. I cannot fathom why it is so sparse yet complex. The words transcend the sound. Unfortunately whether it is it's theme or very repetitive production and limited range i find some songs very skippable and like repetitions of others making the album challenging to accomplish or bother revisit.
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Jan 20, 2020
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Dec 19, 2019
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Aug 29, 2019
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Jun 15, 2019A Crow Looked At Me is one of the most emotionally-draining things I've heard. From the simple yet fitting instrumentals to the depressive vocals (which fit the instrumentals and lyrics well), this album is a masterpiece. It's hard to believe people actually gave this a 1.
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Mar 11, 2019A Crow Looked at Me is concise and raw, sounding like a Mount Eerie's soul-discharging, talking about death in the most pure possible.
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May 20, 2018The most incredible thing about this album is Mount Eerie's control of his own ability. Instead of taking a deeply personal issue and turning it exceedingly poetic, he puts it in terms that anyone can comprehend.
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Feb 5, 2018This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Feb 4, 2018
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Dec 28, 2017This album is absolutely beautiful. Every time I've listened to it I've come to tears. Phil Elverum (Mount Eeire) perfectly captures his heartbreaking response to his wife passing away from Cancer. Please, give it a listen and it will make you shed a tear with Phil's beautiful somber voice telling one of the saddest stories I've heard on an album.
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Nov 27, 2017It's hard to listen to, but only because it's a painfully realistic display of grief. A type of thing I've never seen in any album before. It may be minimal, but the message is still very much there.
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Nov 18, 2017
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Aug 26, 2017I almost feel guilty giving this a 5. This is surely a heartfelt record, but it just didn't pull me in. It's unique, and sad, and can get cumbersome. Glad people like it. I don't.
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Aug 25, 2017This album is just so overwhelmingly depressing and hits so close to home on so many levels. On this album, Phil not only delivers gut punch after gut punch but he does it over perfectly conceived production. I cannot remember a record as powerfully destructive as this album.
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Aug 16, 2017Wow. Beautiful poignant and crushingly tender. The music is pretty simple, though it is peppered with some subtle oddness, which means it is a lot more than a sad folk album. This is a truly classic high quality album full of the pain of loss and the haunting nature of nostalgic memory.
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Jul 18, 2017great album............................................................................................................................................................
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May 23, 2017An unsettlingly intimate journey through grief and death. I've heard many a sad and depressing songs and albums, but this is just heart wrenching. Would not recommend it if you don't know what you're in for and the history of the album.
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May 14, 2017After losing his wife to cancer, Phil Elverum reminds us of the power of music by stripping everything down to its most basic self and leaving nothing but pure, unaltered emotion that’s predictably difficult for anyone to fully comprehend. My Score: 143/180 (Solid) = 7.9/10
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May 13, 2017
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Apr 29, 2017I disagree this isn't the best album of 2017 not being negative i'm just telling the truth. The most talked about album in a positive way are the best albums, but again I mean no disrespect I just don't think it is the best album I can name 3 albums that were better this year than this one to be honest.
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Apr 26, 2017A beautiful demonstration of the power of medidative minimalism. The melodic devices here aren't particularly pronounced, but they perfectly compliment the evocative, powerful storytelling.
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Apr 18, 2017
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Apr 13, 201796? seriously?
Yes, the artist suffered a devastating event, and the lyrics are very sad,
but that has nothing to do with actual musicianship.
and having read the reviews that rated this album 100/100, those are what they mainly talk about.
Listening to someone who has lost one's partner to cancer sing about death is sad,
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Apr 10, 2017
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Apr 6, 2017
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Apr 5, 2017
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Mar 30, 2017This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Mar 28, 2017The best record of the year so far, the songs are excelent and very touching, its not only the best record of the year so far is one of the best records of the decade
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Mar 28, 2017
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Mar 27, 2017Err... this is when art in the 21st century gets concerning. The album is beautiful, quite simple, sorrowful melodies, but the songwriting is cringe-worthy, like someone on Diazepam trying to write poetry and I won't even comment on the singing. If there wasn't a real death involved it would rate bad. When is real is instantly classic these days, the total reality show state of art.
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Mar 24, 2017This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
Awards & Rankings
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MojoMay 23, 2017Painfully literal in its detailing of grief. [Jul 2017, p.91]
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May 9, 2017This is a remarkably powerful and pure album.
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Mar 27, 2017A Crow Looked At Me is an unsettling, awkward listen and it might (probably will) make you cry. It’s also a tribute to an amazing 13-year love story (the penultimate song Soria Moria encompasses Elverum’s childhood longing, how he met Castrée and their instant connection) and may turn out to be one of the strongest albums of the year.