Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. Aug 19, 2022
    80
    The great joy of this late period album is that it doesn’t take itself too seriously. Lifetime Achievement is not so much a last will and testament as a bravura insistence on Wainwright’s intention to carry on living and loving for as long as he can.
  2. Aug 17, 2022
    80
    First single Town And Country is a band-backed hymn to city-loving Wainwright’s current lifestyle that adds a touch of rock’n’roll pizzazz to proceedings.
  3. Aug 17, 2022
    80
    Lifetime Achievement embraces the folksier elements of his sound, paring the music down to guitar, banjo, occasionally a harmonica and even more occasionally a full band. [Sep 2022, p.22[
  4. Aug 17, 2022
    75
    Surprisingly, for an album that spends most of the span of its 15 tracks considering mortality, it’s never maudlin and rarely as cynical as his earlier work. More often it’s self-effacing, celebratory and, even in its darkest moments, oddly comforting.
  5. Mojo
    Aug 17, 2022
    60
    His voice remains strident as the album veers from pared-down solo to spritely contributions from the likes of Chaim Tannenbaum and David Mansfield, plus a less successful string arrangement. [Sep 2022, p.90]
User Score
3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Negative: 3 out of 7
  1. Aug 21, 2022
    1
    it's boring i don't know what to say about it. should be better but maybe the next time
  2. Aug 21, 2022
    9
    El track #1 ya te dice de lo bueno que está hecho el álbum . Como sugerencia ,diría que apreciaría mucho más sus notas bajas que las altas queEl track #1 ya te dice de lo bueno que está hecho el álbum . Como sugerencia ,diría que apreciaría mucho más sus notas bajas que las altas que ya estamos acostumbrados. Full Review »
  3. Aug 21, 2022
    4
    so mid! I could not listen to it anymore, Mainwright should be more like Lady Gaga for her future if they want career.