Back To Land
by Wooden Shjips
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Ricko
    Oct 26, 2021
    7
    This is easy to listen to but is extremely repetitive. I appreciate this is what they are going for but when its mainly instrumental tracks as long these need a bit more complexity within them to keep my attention. There is nothing wrong with this album per se but I like my stoney instrumental rock in a different style (a la "Yawning Man" for example). At times "Back to Land" can be asThis is easy to listen to but is extremely repetitive. I appreciate this is what they are going for but when its mainly instrumental tracks as long these need a bit more complexity within them to keep my attention. There is nothing wrong with this album per se but I like my stoney instrumental rock in a different style (a la "Yawning Man" for example). At times "Back to Land" can be as basic as listening to instrumental versions of Oasis songs. I do like Oasis but not sure I could dig them if they were strictly instrumental.… Expand

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jan 2, 2014
    70
    Back To Land lets the sun in through the grooves. [Jan 2014, p.116]
  2. Dusted Magazine
    Dec 17, 2013
    70
    It’s still a trip, just a marginally more vivid one, and that’s a good thing.
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  3. Clash Music
    Dec 11, 2013
    80
    Back To Land won’t immediately blow you away, but that warm, overdriven sound makes the latest LP from this San Francisco quartet another compelling one.
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