by
Lee Ranaldo
- Record Label: Matador Records
- Release Date: Mar 20, 2012
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Apr 20, 2012Just the album you'd hope from a thoughtful 56-year-old after his band of 30 years breaks up.
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Mar 20, 2012The songs are accomplished and take surprising turns, shot through with a mellow fury that's endlessly appealing.
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Apr 3, 2012If nothing else, this album is a guitar fetishist's dream, and sounds like it was a joy to make, too.
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Mar 22, 2012Between the Times and the Tides cements Ranaldo's role as a dreamer and poet who can remain true to himself and reveal new things at the same time.
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Mar 21, 2012Between the Times and the Tides is advertised as his first 'rock album' which makes it sound more abrasive than it is, although it packs more of an aural punch than Thurston's latest Beck-helmed Nick Drake tribute album.
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Mar 20, 2012Airy, vaguely psychedelic and meaningful, Beyond the Times is a gorgeous exhibition from a thoughtful, voracious artist relishing a whole new outlet.
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Mar 20, 2012In the context of an album this accomplished, Ranaldo's stories resonate like holy Scripture.
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Mar 19, 2012'Between The Times & Tides' is a beacon of craftsmanship and invention coated in [a] marvellously empathetic collection of pop tunes.
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Mar 15, 2012It's the strength of his conventional songcraft, however, that makes his late-career foray into the frontman role successful.
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Q MagazineMar 14, 2012A rich and varied album, fans of Sonic Youth's less abrasive, song-based output of recent years will find much to savor here. [April 2012, p.102]
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Mar 19, 2012While making this album worth the wait was a tall task, Between The Times & The Tides comes about as close as we could have hoped to accomplishing just that.
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Mar 20, 2012Ranaldo may be traveling down a familiar road, but it's with exuberance rather than teary-eyed nostalgia.
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The WireApr 18, 2012It's a surprisingly luxuriant record. [Mar 2012, p.58]
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Mar 28, 2012This is a fine collection of songs and although there is nothing here to dispel the feeling that even if this is no masterpiece, that doesn't mean that Ranaldo won't be producing one sometime in the near future.
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Mar 22, 2012Such an impressive cast might initially give rise to the belief that this might be an album that delights in twisting the conventional, but in truth everyone plays it fairly safe which is likely to disappoint those hoping for something mind blowing.
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Mar 22, 2012Mostly Lee Ranaldo has created a mid-crisis record that sounds more powerful than frustrated, more strong in its beauty than reactionary in its power.
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Mar 20, 2012The atmosphere is the master of Between the Times and the Tides, and Ranaldo pulls things together powerfully to that end.
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Mar 20, 2012Those wanting clangour and dissonance will be disappointed, but everyone else will be pleasantly surprised.
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UncutMar 13, 2012A mature album that's abrasive but not "freaky" or "weird", that enjoys its moments of harmony when it finds them, and is as serious-minded as the times demand. [Apr 2012, p.76]
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Mar 12, 2012One mighty fine rock'n'roll record.
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May 4, 2012It's great to hear the third voice in Sonic Youth stretching out. But it's also a reminder of their irreplaceable magic.
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MojoMar 23, 2012Throughout, Ranaldo and Nels Cline build up layers of eloquent, electrifying guitar.... Satisfying. [Apr 2012, p.95]
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Mar 21, 2012A motley assortment of Sonic Youth nods, acoustic entreaties, and cloying pop-rockers, Ranaldo's opportunity to step out of the Sonic Youth shadows and into his own proper spotlight is mostly a miss made of mediocrity.
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Mar 19, 2012The album is more interesting sonically in the tension between questing guitars and straightforward song structures than it is in terms of lyrics, which aim to be down to earth but end up middle of the road.