Discover A Lovelier You
by Pernice Brothers
  • Record Label: Ashmont
  • Release Date: Jun 14, 2005
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 24
  3. Negative: 5 out of 24

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  1. AC
    Mar 10, 2007
    9
    Pernice Brothers are clearly one of the most underrated bands out there right now. Every album they release is a critical darling, yet...they slip through most people's radar when it comes to great modern bands. "Discover A Lovelier You" is to me there best work to date...it's such a wonderful record with so many memorable gems to listen to. From-- There Goes The Sun, Amazing Pernice Brothers are clearly one of the most underrated bands out there right now. Every album they release is a critical darling, yet...they slip through most people's radar when it comes to great modern bands. "Discover A Lovelier You" is to me there best work to date...it's such a wonderful record with so many memorable gems to listen to. From-- There Goes The Sun, Amazing Glow, Subject Drop, Discover A Lovelier You, Saddest Quo, and Dumb It Down, make this a joy to listen to. Overall, this is one of the best albums of 05.… Expand
  2. MeatBag
    Mar 10, 2007
    10
    Pernice Brothers are right now the best band at making sweet, gentle pop music.
  3. JohnB
    Jul 1, 2005
    10
    Aw, c'mon. It's just great. Pernice is quite capable of turning out turgid material (Big Tobacco anyone?) but this is an awesome album. Great songs, terrific production, different-but-equal to his previous two albums. It will be on lots of best-of-2005 lists. Much superior to the oddly over-rated Go-Betweens album - and I say that as a diehard GB fan.
  4. HenricoP
    Jul 14, 2005
    8
    Melodic and warm. I can't get the songs out of my head.
  5. LD
    Mar 10, 2007
    10
    This is pop music at it's finest. This band needs to blow up.
  6. TroutBoyMKE
    Jun 15, 2005
    9
    Several pop gems and a couple of weaker shades of blue. Joe Pernice's music is on par with fishing on a very good day.
  7. DeanS.
    Jun 19, 2005
    10
    Not nearly as consistent or compelling as Yours, Mine & Ours, but another solid effort from Joe P. & Co. I would actually rate this more like a 7.5 or 8, but I gave it a 10 to balance out the assinine PoopMatters and Pitchdork reviews. The PoopSmatters critic was one of the auditory-challenged hacks that actually raved about that gender-bending, caterwauling castrato Antony and his Not nearly as consistent or compelling as Yours, Mine & Ours, but another solid effort from Joe P. & Co. I would actually rate this more like a 7.5 or 8, but I gave it a 10 to balance out the assinine PoopMatters and Pitchdork reviews. The PoopSmatters critic was one of the auditory-challenged hacks that actually raved about that gender-bending, caterwauling castrato Antony and his ironically-named Johnsons, if that tells you anything. I'd rather hear a recording of Joe Pernice's most embarrassing bathroom noises. 10 points in protest!… Expand
  8. KenH
    Sep 17, 2005
    8
    Could Joe Pernice perhaps be one of music's most underappreciated pop craftsman? I fear what commercial success would do to his songwriting but for now I cherish The Pernice Bros. as my "undiscovered" favorite music artist.
  9. DC
    Apr 9, 2007
    10
    Without a doubt the best album of 05. On par with "Yours, Mine & Ours" if not better than it. Great album!
  10. RussF
    Jun 17, 2005
    10
    Being a tremendous fan of everything Joe Pernice has released I may be biased, but this is a great album. Plus, along with being a fan come high expectations and I am consistently amazed with each new record that my high hopes are met. If forced to pick a favorite of all Joe's records, this would rank right up at the top with the Pernice Brothers' WORLD WON'T END (2001) and Being a tremendous fan of everything Joe Pernice has released I may be biased, but this is a great album. Plus, along with being a fan come high expectations and I am consistently amazed with each new record that my high hopes are met. If forced to pick a favorite of all Joe's records, this would rank right up at the top with the Pernice Brothers' WORLD WON'T END (2001) and the Scud Mountain Boys' MASSACHUSETTS (1996). Only time will tell if it ends up topping my list. If you like great melodic pop with tremendous lyrics and catchy hooks then Modest Mouse, the Shins, Fountains of Wayne. et al have nothing on these guys. Highly recomended, buy it now!… Expand
  11. Rob
    Jun 24, 2005
    10
    This is my favourite album of this year so far. I defy anybody to listen to this a few times and not have these gorgeous songs floating around their head. Genius.
  12. coulef
    Jul 14, 2005
    9
    I like it. I like Joe. I like it.
  13. sj
    Aug 18, 2005
    10
    beautiful, that's all
  14. HarryE
    Aug 31, 2005
    7
    Not nearly as good as "first last and always" its OK but seems too bland to me. They Can do better
  15. EricR
    Jun 16, 2005
    9
    Don't listen to PopMatters or Pitchfork...it's a record that isn't as immediately catchy or rewarding as previous Pernice efforts, but it seeps into your psyche and grows like a weed in your head. It's a marvellous, understated effort.
  16. JLH
    Jun 19, 2005
    9
    I agree with Eric R re: Pitchfork/Pop Matters post-adolescent curmudgeons. I was actually sort of mezzo-mezzo w/Yours, Mines and Ours (disappointingly stripped-down, simplified harmonics); Lovelier's harmonic textures are more rich and varied. In the end, another excellent Pernice recording.
  17. matta
    Jun 27, 2005
    8
    NOt as good as their last two albums, but still, an okay Pernice Brothers Cd is, compared to the competition, a great cd.

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Amazon.com
    90
    No one can breath breezy, sun-splashed melodies into three-minute fits of aggravation and despair quite like songwriting maestro Joe Pernice.
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  2. Pitchfork
    58
    Discover a Lovelier you isn't really even a bad album, only unremarkably OK.
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  3. Uncut
    80
    At times it resembles a dream playlist from some forgotten '70s FM station. [Jul 2005, p.94]
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