Ilana: The Creator
by Mdou Moctar
Metascore
88

Universal acclaim - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. Dusted Magazine
    Apr 11, 2019
    90
    Not only is Ilana Moctar’s best record, it’s also one of the best Saharan records to reach Western ears, and an early contender for the most exhilarating rock record of 2019.
  2. PopMatters
    Apr 11, 2019
    90
    This is a remarkable album, and made even more so by Moctar's insistence that the concept of rock music as a genre is fairly new to him. What he does is not rock for rock's sake, but music for music's, and that might be the most rock and roll approach of all.
  3. Mojo
    Apr 11, 2019
    80
    Believe it or not, there's room in the desert for yet another serious contender. [May 2019, p.91]
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  5. Uncut
    Apr 11, 2019
    80
    Merciless perfection. [May 2019, p.30]
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  6. Pitchfork
    Apr 11, 2019
    80
    It’s neither bootstrapping origin stories nor rock’n’roll fantasies so much as the grim realities facing Moctar and millions of others around the world that give Ilana its considerable power.

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