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Generally favorable reviews- based on 86 Ratings
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Positive: 71 out of 86
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Mixed: 6 out of 86
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Negative: 9 out of 86
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AndyAug 16, 2006Nothing in comparison to its counterpart, but still has a few good tracks.
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JuliecFeb 14, 2005
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JonJan 24, 2005Easily Conor Oberst's worst album, and that includes that incredibly mediocre Desapreciendos. While the cd does have one excellent song (Take it Easy), the rest of the album is just boring and uninspired. Luckily I'm Wide Awake is amazing enough to make up for this gaffe.
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NelsonDJun 14, 2005
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EmiliaJan 26, 2005It is too "experimental". The electronic beats of the songs is great, especially in Gold Mine Gutted, but the micture of Oberst's shaky voice make the songs too hectic and confusing. He is trying too hard to become popular through a daring switch to these electronic beats.
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Awards & Rankings
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Alternative PressRiskier but not totally out of character; it's the more holistic right brain to Wide Awake's rational left brain. [Feb 2005, p.81]
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Q MagazineExperimental and confusing... Oberst's voice struggles to hit home through the effects. [Jan 2005, p.129]
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This is not a classic – each high is paired with a low of similar scale, so whilst ‘Down In A Rabbit Hole’ scales heights previously thought unreachable, ‘Ship In A Bottle’, with baby samples screeching over the top of the most base-level beats, is plain annoying.