Somewhere Under Wonderland
by Counting Crows
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 2 out of 21
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  1. geedup
    Sep 10, 2014
    4
    Clearly the sound is the same, the band knows their roots. I will give them that. But the album seemed like the same song, with a slightly different arrangement and lyrics. But the album has a certain "feel" that was boring and not worth exploring. Additonally it doesn't sound "new" if that makes sense. Yes CC you have done this sound/song already time for something out of your comfort zone.

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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 17, 2014
    70
    Somewhere Under Wonderland isn't a revolution, but it is assured, interesting and quietly experimental in its own way. [Oct 2014, p.94]
  2. PopMatters
    Oct 2, 2014
    70
    Don’t try to call it a comeback or a resurgence or some other dismissive, backhanded compliment, because between August and Recovering The Satellites, they got better. Between Recovering The Satellites and This Desert Life, they got better. Ditto for Hard Candy and then ditto for Saturday Nights. The best part about Somewhere Under Wonderland? Yes, that trajectory keeps its pace, but it also assures anyone still listening that in 21 years, that story probably won’t be any different.
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  3. Record Collector
    Sep 17, 2014
    80
    It contains some of the band’s most ambitious and thought-provoking songs.
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