Dear Scott
by Michael Head & the Red Elastic Band
Metascore
89

Universal acclaim - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. Mojo
    Jun 3, 2022
    100
    Luminous and alive, Dear Scott is just what Mick does: Head music, straight from the heart. [Jun 2022, p.82]
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  2. Uncut
    Jun 3, 2022
    90
    Even by Head's own lofty standards, this represents a late-career masterpiece. [Jun 2022, p.29]
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  3. The Observer (UK)
    Jun 6, 2022
    80
    Every Head album is a gem, but Dear Scott – named after a note-to-self by F Scott Fitzgerald, down on his luck – has a particularly deep internal lustre.
  5. AllMusic
    Jun 3, 2022
    80
    Not only is it nice for long-time fans of his work, it gives those looking for someone making these kinds of desperately beautiful, painfully human songs a new artist to discover and love.
  6. The Telegraph (UK)
    Jun 3, 2022
    40
    Shackled by its own turgid competency, Dear Scott fizzes with all the life of a demo tape recorded in a local community hall double-booked with a bingo night. No matter how loud you turn up the volume, it still sounds quiet. It sounds uncomfortably naked, too.

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