Mockingbird Time
by The Jayhawks
  • Record Label: Rounder
  • Release Date: Sep 20, 2011
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
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  1. Q Magazine
    Sep 28, 2011
    60
    Mockingbird Time, the band's first album in eight years, places them right back in the hazy glow of Laurel Canyon sunset. [Oct 2011, p.123]
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  2. Uncut
    Sep 20, 2011
    60
    After Ready For The Flood, Mockingbird time feels dense, and somewhat cluttered. [Oct 2011, p.85]
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  3. Paste Magazine
    Sep 26, 2011
    56
    Mockingbird Time suffers most in the songwriting, which too often relies on soft hooks and indistinct details that never quite add up to conflicts or characters.
  5. PopMatters
    Sep 22, 2011
    50
    The artist have the skill and style to create more great art, but on Mockingbird Time, the stigma of great art is too present.
  6. The Independent (UK)
    Sep 20, 2011
    40
    The Jayhawks release their most insipid, uninspired album in years.

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. ShepRock
    Sep 23, 2011
    10
    Mimicking another old-timer who grabbed a copy of this splendid release off the racks, I didn't hear a bad song on the ride home. This isMimicking another old-timer who grabbed a copy of this splendid release off the racks, I didn't hear a bad song on the ride home. This is harmonic major-key Americana made for these discordant rocky times. Mockingbird Time has just become my favorite album by the Jayhawks.… Full Review »
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