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Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Jun 17, 2014
    80
    Grey remains a subtle songwriter, but these songs are direct and often slyly hooky, which means Mutineers makes a striking initial impact then seeps in deeply.
  2. 60
    The high bar he has set with a tremendous back catalog makes us yearn for just a bit more out of Mutineers.
  3. Jun 17, 2014
    80
    He still flashes his intellect--two songs are inspired by poets--but most of the album reveals a romantic and spiritual bliss that feels just as good as it sounds.
  4. Mojo
    Jul 24, 2014
    60
    The title track is a thunderous grower with a tribal, kick-ass epiphany. And then...it's one mediocre ballad after another. [Jul 2014, p.91]
  5. Jun 25, 2014
    50
    This is a worthwhile purchase for any David Gray fans, but for everyone else the world just keeps on turning.
  6. Q Magazine
    Jul 2, 2014
    80
    Easily his best work since Babylon's ubiquity. [Aug 2014, p.106]
  7. Jun 17, 2014
    60
    It's curious: The more the singer is subsumed, the more engaging he sounds.
  8. Jun 26, 2014
    60
    While Mutineers doesn't totally shatter preconceptions, there's a rare comfort in hearing an artist in pursuit of joy; and unlike the throng of relatively inoffensive twentysomething singer-songwriters littering the charts, Gray's songs have a timeworn quality that's far more charismatic.
  9. Uncut
    Jun 17, 2014
    80
    Ultimately, the changes are subtle rather than profound and Gray still sounds like he's been nailed to a cross--which will no doubt come as a relief to loyal fans. [Jul 2014, p.74]

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