- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Release Date: Apr 8, 2022
User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings
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Positive: 25 out of 28
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Mixed: 2 out of 28
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Negative: 1 out of 28
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Apr 8, 2022I love this album. It’s such a bold artistic progression to make this old Hollywood/50s swing type of album while retaining what we love about FJM - clever, full, and wholly distinct songwriting. (Plus one folk song and another absolute banger that sounds right off of Pure Comedy.)
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Apr 8, 2022
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Apr 8, 2022Almost every track contains homage to a different musical style; it's wonderfully virtuosic and a delight to listen to the album from start to finish. Layered in with that playfulness is a more optimistic and healed Father John Misty, retaining a sense of irony and armageddon while never quite diving to the cynical depths of Pure Comedy.
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Apr 8, 2022
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Apr 8, 2022Sad to see its score not very high because of stupid critics like Slant. Tillman’s albums does not need to be as political as Pure Comedy to be as good, he can take on such artistic endeavors and still create great work. This album has some of his best instrumentals yet, they sweetly add up to the albums overall narrative, it’s one of his best.
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Jul 21, 2022
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Jun 7, 2023Such a great album with some entertaining switches in style. I was a huge fan of the first half of the album, it seemed to lose a bit of steam towards the end.
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Apr 9, 2022This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 6, 2022Original:15 april
Rescore: 4/10
Updated:5/10
the newest FJM is a decadent fusion of the lounge music of the 20's and his own stylistic sound. it is not really a step up by any means but i's not a letdown. it's a sharp melodramatic display of 11 crooning gems that suffer from poor pacing and maudlin mood. otherwise i's sill a prey satisfying release in a ear already sacked with them.
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Apr 12, 2022With Erickson’s arrangements augmenting his tales at every beat, they become immersive emotional explorations. Not every entry is gripping, and their mileage will depend on how much time you’re willing to settle in and let them wash over you, but overall it’s an impressively graceful skip into a new era for the songwriter.
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Apr 12, 2022It's opulent and immaculately composed but lacks the strong perspective that's usually central to FJM's work.
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Apr 11, 2022He’s elusive even in the midst of taking on a new musical persona that seems high-concept. But it’s that combination of intriguing opacity and occasional open-heartedness — and his twin inclinations between deep philosophizing and deadpan comedy — that give “Chloë” the oddball breadth to be one of the best albums of the year.