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Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Jun 12, 2012
    80
    Every once in a while, the results can be more enjoyable than the main event (see Stephen Stills' Manassas). And this may be true of CRB.
  2. 80
    With his new Brotherhood, he's finally found the ideal vehicle to indulge his taste for "Cosmic California Music".
  3. Uncut
    Jun 8, 2012
    80
    There's ample sustenance for the heart as well as the head. [Jul 2012, p.68]
  4. Jun 8, 2012
    80
    The Chris Robinson Brotherhood spends their time doing what comes naturally, and the music flows easily, even alluringly, as they jam with no care of when they began or where they will end.
  5. Q Magazine
    Oct 12, 2012
    60
    The sense of the singer reclaiming a little of himself with these meditative jams is unmistakable. [Jul 2012, p.109]
  6. Mojo
    Jun 25, 2012
    60
    [The album has] the loose, zonked-out flangey FX/claivnet/Rhodes piano vibe of Goats Head Soup, with strong flavours of Flying Burritos country songcraft. [Jul 2012, p.82]
  7. Jun 12, 2012
    60
    While one man's easeful rock odyssey is another's slow descent into torpor, it'd be hard to deny how expertly Robinson and his band negotiate the trip.
  8. Jun 8, 2012
    50
    Regardless of how popular Big Moon Ritual may prove to be for fans of the jam, one can't help but feel Robinson's talents as gospel shouting rock 'n' roller are being squandered here.
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  1. Jun 18, 2012
    7
    The "Big Moon Ritual" songs indeed fulfill the criteria of rock, but its dimension is at least progressive and sometimes - as seen on theThe "Big Moon Ritual" songs indeed fulfill the criteria of rock, but its dimension is at least progressive and sometimes - as seen on the example of even the longest, growing steadily "Tulsa Yesterday", or having a funky groove, drawing from different genres "Rosalaee" - which moreover have been very skilfully arranged. Full Review »