Beet, Maize & Corn
by High Llamas
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. AllMusic
    90
    Beet, Maize & Corn is a dramatic reinvention of the High Llamas.
  2. Delusions of Adequacy
    80
    Beet, Maize & Corn is a pleasant album of calm, beautiful pop with a touch of class that’s rare.
  3. Dusted Magazine
    60
    And this is pop music, right? Why is it all so damned unmemorable?
  5. Launch.com
    80
    The album never shifts into angular or faster textures but maintains its overall coasting level with clarity, precision and charm.
  6. Magnet
    70
    There are interesting little moments along the way that might lead to subtle adjustments in course. [#61, p.98]
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  7. Mojo
    100
    Less exotic perhaps than the West Coast, Brazilian, German and Franco-Italian musical forays of the past, but even more remarkably musical, intriguingly textured and affecting. [Nov 2003, p.130]
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  8. Pitchfork
    60
    You don't often come across a modern album that sounds so damn old.
  9. Q Magazine
    80
    Proffers a newfound poignancy. [Nov 2003, p.110]
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  10. Rolling Stone
    40
    Beet, Maize and Corn is way too mellow, sounding something like immaculately crafted retro elevator music.
  11. The A.V. Club
    80
    Beet, Maize & Corn is The High Llamas' best since 1996's frothy, visionary Hawaii, and it mirrors that record's adherence to an emotional arc built of fragments, sketches, and vamps.
  12. The Wire
    60
    While the album is pleasant, it takes a long time to open up. And once opened, it's nice, but hardly revolutionary. [#236, p.61]
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  13. Uncut
    60
    Inarguably easy on the ear, but short on real emotional pull. [Nov 2003, p.118]
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  14. Under The Radar
    50
    Not particularly memorable. [#5, p.109]
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User Score
6.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 4 out of 11
  1. Jon-ErickS
    Jan 25, 2005
    10
    the album has a rich rightness to its melodies, arrangements, and instrumentation that could eventually place it in some cannon that might the album has a rich rightness to its melodies, arrangements, and instrumentation that could eventually place it in some cannon that might include cole porter and mccartney/wilson. get ready for the 2051 tribute album.… Full Review »
  2. MattyM
    Apr 8, 2004
    9
    This is way up there with their best -more compelling than Buzzlebee & a necessary accessory for budding hipsters attempting to use their This is way up there with their best -more compelling than Buzzlebee & a necessary accessory for budding hipsters attempting to use their record collections to get informed indie-girls into the sack.… Full Review »
  3. ElizabethR
    Jan 17, 2004
    10
    Gorgeous and warm, it puts me in a happy mellow mood. Just buy it and see for yourself!
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