Junun
by Shye Ben-Tzur
  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Release Date: Nov 13, 2015
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
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  1. Chaziltasm
    May 17, 2016
    9
    My favorite album of 2015, catchy, fun and easy to listen to. The first time I heard Hu I knew that I wanted this record, it is a track that I find to be hauntingly beautiful. The whole album is beautifully produced, full of character and energy and something you will find yourself returning to again and again. When you listen to this album you feel like you are in the room with theMy favorite album of 2015, catchy, fun and easy to listen to. The first time I heard Hu I knew that I wanted this record, it is a track that I find to be hauntingly beautiful. The whole album is beautifully produced, full of character and energy and something you will find yourself returning to again and again. When you listen to this album you feel like you are in the room with the musicians as they recorded it, a part of some special little group of talented people being enveloped in gorgeous sounds.… Expand

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Spin
    Jan 22, 2016
    80
    Jonny Greenwood’s electric fuzz, supplementary rhythms, and beloved vintage Ondes Martenot synthesizer add real bulk to this Middle East meets East plus West experiment in cultural diplomacy.
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  2. Mojo
    Dec 11, 2015
    80
    An exotic, often rapturous reading of Tzur's Sufi-meets-Hebrew song forms. [Jan 2016, p.91]
  3. Q Magazine
    Dec 9, 2015
    80
    Utterly distinctive, this excellent, effortlessly surprising record is the perfect cleanser for even the most jaded musical palette. [Jan 2016, p.106]
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