Are We There
by Sharon Van Etten
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 77 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 72 out of 77
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 77
  3. Negative: 3 out of 77
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  1. koblesky
    Jun 26, 2014
    3
    There are none of the knockout songs that were on her previous albums. The pace is maddening slow, and the production is overdone. I'd like to hear some of these live with her and a guitar.

    Disappointed.

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#15 Best Album of 2014

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 36 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. Austin Chronicle
    Jul 17, 2014
    78
    Self-production and guests like Loudon Wainwright III and the Roches scales back Are We There in all the right ways, letting the drama ooze from vocal performance above all else.
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  2. Filter
    Jul 2, 2014
    82
    Hearing Van Etten’s performance on [Your Love Is Killing Me] and several others are downright shiver-inducing.
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  3. Magnet
    Jun 13, 2014
    80
    Her fourth and most accomplished album to date maps a course to know-not-where in the most emotionally direct, imaginative way possible. [No. 110, p.60]
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