Okonokos [Live]
by My Morning Jacket
  • Record Label: ATO
  • Release Date: Sep 26, 2006
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. E! Online
    100
    As concert recordings go, this is one of the best.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    This is an impressive representation of the MMJ live experience. [29 Sep 2006, p.81]
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  3. Filter
    91
    This is My Morning Jacket's shining moment. [#22, p.94]
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  5. Uncut
    90
    It can take its place alongside Live At Leeds, Rock Of Ages and Wilco's more recent Kicking Television as a live classic. [Nov 2006, p.104]
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  6. Amazon.com
    80
    Rather than getting bogged down in concert-album fashion, Okonokos plays spanking new, almost re-studio recorded.
  7. Billboard
    80
    "Okonokos" delivers as powerful a wake-up call to the ears as seeing MMJ in the flesh.
  8. PopMatters
    80
    With each passing year My Morning Jacket seem more like one of the most powerful live bands around. Okonokos does nothing but reinforce that impression.. or solidify it even.
  9. Prefix Magazine
    80
    Couple the immaculate playing with a contagious, everlasting energy, and you have a true representation of My Morning Jacket on top of its game.
  10. NOW Magazine
    80
    While their performance is expansive and parts are definitely stretched out and rocked out, like on I Will Sing You Songs and Mahgeetah, this is just solid performing, not lame jam band shit.
  11. Spin
    80
    An aesthetic- and career-defining set, it's the album they were destined to make. [Nov 2006, p.103]
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  12. AllMusic
    80
    One hell of a live record.
  13. Stylus Magazine
    75
    As an introductory My Morning Jacket mixtape, Okonokos is top-shelf.
  14. Pitchfork
    72
    Any live show will inevitably have crests and valleys, but besides these specific performances, Okonokos disappoints on a more general level: It too seldom sounds like an actual live album.
  15. cokemachineglow
    72
    This is a fans-only document, but it’s one of roaring, immutable spirit.
  16. Blender
    70
    Proves they can do just fine without the foggy-hollow reverb they've always used to make their meandering sound mysterious. [Oct 2006, p.139]
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  17. Under The Radar
    70
    The featured songs, which are mostly from the band’s last two albums, are superb, and the band plays the hell out of them. [#15]
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  18. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    The only downside? You don't get to see the band's plentiful hair thrashing about. [30 Sep 2006, p.39]
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  19. Q Magazine
    70
    A heroic performance. [Nov 2006, p.147]
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  20. Rolling Stone
    70
    Staples like the roadhouse boogie “Dancefloors" take on new exuberance now that their tunes are not drowning in murk, and cuts such as “One Big Holiday" just sound like prime Crazy Horse.
  21. Lost At Sea
    70
    The band’s performance overall is agonizingly perfect and deserving of much praise.
  22. Mojo
    60
    The band's wild woolliness seems strangely AWOL. [Nov 2006, p.118]
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Awards & Rankings

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#85 Best Album of 2006

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User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 29
  3. Negative: 2 out of 29
  1. bhsmall
    Jul 26, 2020
    1
    Not a great set. Seen them live a year ago with songs from their better albums. Dont love the it still moves tracks and some of the Z tracksNot a great set. Seen them live a year ago with songs from their better albums. Dont love the it still moves tracks and some of the Z tracks are pretty good live I guess. But nope… Full Review »
  2. Iggyshow4351
    Nov 24, 2017
    9
    Thumbs up. Great band like all thereThumbs up. Great band like all there music.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999… Full Review »
  3. jyo_tirmaya
    Jun 29, 2011
    7
    I agree with Pitchfork on this one. I expected more of a "jam" sound on this live set, similar to what they did in the "Austin" performance -I agree with Pitchfork on this one. I expected more of a "jam" sound on this live set, similar to what they did in the "Austin" performance - they rocked it far beyond any of their albums. This one sounds like a good album, but "live" -- well, a lot of the stuff one would expect live is absent. It only succeeds in thrilling towards the last 3 or 4 songs. Guess maybe it took them that long to warm up, but then the concert was over with. But overall, a great album -- it just could have been meatier (and I'm a vegetarian!).… Full Review »
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