Oh, Fortune
by Dan Mangan
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
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  1. AllMusic
    Dec 7, 2011
    60
    Oh, Fortune is still an indie folk album at heart, with Mangan's acoustic guitar and baritone voice giving every song its most basic foundation, but it's also the most ornate thing he's ever done.
  2. Blurt Magazine
    Dec 7, 2011
    60
    Maybe it's just a question of getting used to this new Mangan, but you can't help but lament the old one's demise.
  3. NOW Magazine
    Dec 7, 2011
    60
    While it's dense with mood, gloomy lyrics and studio texture, almost to a fault, it's thin on memorable melodies.

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6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. BrowSpencer
    Jun 29, 2012
    0
    This album is great because it sweeps you through a great fluid motion of feelings within linked songs. If I'm feeling sad this album willThis album is great because it sweeps you through a great fluid motion of feelings within linked songs. If I'm feeling sad this album will make me sadder, but I'll then turn happy realizing the album had such powerful movements and then I would listen to it again, and I would have the same experience. The album is a roller coaster of emotion that goes up and down many times and it never stops until its all over. LIKE low everything he's made, and this was his best piece of art.… Full Review »
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