Front Row Seat to Earth
by Weyes Blood
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 56 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 50 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 56
  3. Negative: 6 out of 56
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  1. Scraper
    Nov 16, 2016
    3
    A journey back to 70's songwriter campiness. I thought the album was dull and outdated. No real surprises, just track after track of music that would be played during a sad montage on a cartoon you used to watch in a onezie in 1985. Throwback styles to groovy eras in music and film will always get the highest explosive reviews from critics regardless of content - as long as the time periodA journey back to 70's songwriter campiness. I thought the album was dull and outdated. No real surprises, just track after track of music that would be played during a sad montage on a cartoon you used to watch in a onezie in 1985. Throwback styles to groovy eras in music and film will always get the highest explosive reviews from critics regardless of content - as long as the time period is nailed perfectly. Maybe because the critics now have only been alive for 25 years. I am still trying to understand how a direct imitation of something, posed as original art, is considered a bold move and an achievement.… Expand

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Under The Radar
    Dec 14, 2016
    85
    In this album for insane times, Mering has attained universal connectedness while allowing us into her own excruciatingly cathartic purview, no easy feat.
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  2. The Guardian
    Nov 3, 2016
    100
    It’s beautiful, unsettling and wholly compelling.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Nov 1, 2016
    70
    Breezy and sunset-hued, the tone of the album is calm--a reassuring piano buoys the melody one moment, and, later, delicate woodwinds fade a song to black.
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