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- Artist(s): Sean Lennon, Charlotte Kemp Muhl
- Summary: This is the debut acoustic album for Sean Lennon and his girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl.
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- Record Label: Chimera Music
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 9
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Mixed: 7 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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Nov 18, 2010Recorded in the couple's home studio, this set of duets by Lennon and his model girlfriend, Charlotte Kemp Muhl, recalls other forebears too, such as the damaged beauty of Elliott Smith. But the songs have a sunny, psychedelic side.
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Dec 22, 2010Too often, though, the metronomic guitar-plucking and rainy-day harmonies give the tunes an interchangeable, mid-tempo somberness, which inevitably turns boring.
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Q MagazineDec 20, 2010It turns out to be a bit of an understated charmer. [Dec 2010, p.114]
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Nov 18, 2010All in all, Acoustic Sessions is pleasant but not entirely memorable.
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Jan 10, 2011Altogether, Acoustic Sessions just lacks a lot of emotional depth, ditching conflict and challenge for sap. Shame.
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Nov 18, 2010It's not awful. But while Acoustic Sessions carries the hush of a whispered secret, it divulges little beyond the fact of its stylish presence.
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MojoDec 20, 2010Lyrically, the pair stitch together vaguely gothic turns of phrase, yet devoid of any emotional insight or narrative point. [Dec 2010, p.95]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Feb 8, 2011
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May 24, 2011
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