No Other [Deluxe Edition]
by Gene Clark
  • Record Label: 4AD
  • Release Date: Nov 8, 2019
User Score
9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. AppleJoost
    Dec 16, 2020
    10
    I've got two songs endlessly on repeat the last few days. The first being the title track and the other being "some misunderstanding". Both being of an almost otherworldly quality that makes everything else sound unimpressive. "No other" has a groove that is spectacular and for lack of a better word, throbbing. "Some misunderstanding" is a retrospective of ones life that would've beenI've got two songs endlessly on repeat the last few days. The first being the title track and the other being "some misunderstanding". Both being of an almost otherworldly quality that makes everything else sound unimpressive. "No other" has a groove that is spectacular and for lack of a better word, throbbing. "Some misunderstanding" is a retrospective of ones life that would've been fantastic if it was written by someone who is as old as Gene Clark would've been now. The thing is, that he was 29 years old and that just makes the whole song even more mindboggling. The sheer power that the relatively short lyrics have, blows me away every time I have it on.
    Of course I listened to the other songs, they're all fantastic and they will get their due attention. For now it's these two songs that deserve my utmost attention, just because they're so achingly good.
    Being an old Byrds fan, but a relatively new Gene Clark fan, discovering this album has been the second Gene Clark revelation of this year, the other being "Echoes". The thing with listening to those two Gene Clark albums, makes everything that the Byrds did, with the exception of Clark's songs, sound simple.
    "No other" is for me the greatest album of all time that never got what it deserved by miles. It might even be one of the greatest albums of all time. Gene Clark produced a work of epic proportions that deserves way more attention than what it's getting right now. The album has had a surge in popularity and certainly in appreciation from the critics and that's exactly what it deserves.

    My apologies for the rambling review, but I'm still shaken by the immense attention to detail, quality and depth of this album. Just listen to it and take some time with "some mistunderstanding" since it will be the best 8 minutes of the year and will leave you feeling melancholicly upbeat. It's a cry for hope from a man who had it all and after this album, sadly, lost it all. Things never seem to have been the same for Gene Clark and apparently he never really recovered from the fact that this gorgeous, perfect gem of an album tanked. Give the man his due and listen to it.    … Expand

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94

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. The Wire
    Dec 9, 2019
    90
    There probably isn’t a better sequenced album on your shelves. ... The remastering is immaculate, tightening up the jangle and twang, cleaning up Russ Kunkel’s drums and improving the separation of instruments throughout. Some of the alternative versions are a little slower than others; take three of “Some Misunderstanding” might just possibly be superior to the issued take, in the usual sense that sometimes musicality was sacrificed to technical perfection. [Jan 2020, p.78]
  2. American Songwriter
    Nov 26, 2019
    100
    It’s a lovingly assembled package and the last word on a once misunderstood but now acknowledged masterpiece.
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  3. Q Magazine
    Nov 15, 2019
    100
    Newly-remixed outtakes reveal Clark's progress and a posh limited-edition box set version gives this excellent album the treatment it deserves. [Dec 2019, p.117]
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