Creatures
by Elf Power
  • Record Label: SpinArt
  • Release Date: May 7, 2002
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Alternative Press
    90
    Creatures has a medieval majesty.... Yet such pastoral conjuring doesn't mean the band can't rock. [Aug 2002, p.82]
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  2. AllMusic
    80
    This balance of elements, along with Elf Power's ragged but insistent groove, make Creatures a study of harmonious contradiction and unlikely balance.
  3. Magnet
    80
    Songs so immediately enthralling you won't even notice the faint Dungeons & Dragons scent of [Rieger's] lyrics. [#54, p.88]
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  5. Mojo
    80
    Charms on the surface yet stays in the memory. [Oct 2002, p.108]
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  6. Billboard
    80
    If there was any justice, songs such as "Let the Serpent Sleep," "Three Seeds," and "The Creature" would be blaring from radios across America.
  7. The A.V. Club
    70
    The record is as tuneful and spirited and bordering-on-goofy as anything in the Elf Power catalog.
  8. Nude As The News
    65
    Retains the experience of its formative years in the heyday of psychedelic collective Elephant Six, but expresses itself in more of a straightforward manner, with a set of agreeable pop-rock tunes.

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84
#84 Best Album of 2002

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