The Electric Mile
by G Love & Special Sauce
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. HOB.com
    80
    Ultimately, there's a lot to be said about G Love's consistency and the way that amid a steadfast formula he never fails to feel fresh.
  2. Rolling Stone
    70
    Electric Mile grooves along like one big outdoor party, where everyone is meant to have a funky good time.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    The real secret to the special sauce is the sly songwriting, which turns his groove gumbos into sardonic meditations on bruised romance. [4/27/2001, p.118]
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  5. Wall of Sound
    73
    The Electric Mile more than meets expectations because this fifth effort is the group's most fully realized.
  6. Sonicnet
    80
    Here, country twang knocks against rap, funk basslines and blues harmonicas, and liberal lashings of reggae, ska and dub are added -- all adding up to a groove jam congealed into a multi-faceted but consistent and accomplished sound.
  7. Blender
    20
    The jam-band influence that now pervades the group's sound is as pernicious an additive as that strychnine somebody slipped into Robert Johnson's whiskey. [Jun/Jul 2001, p.110]
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  8. CDNow
    60
    Electric Mile is good, just not earth-shattering, and coming from someone with Dutton's creativity, it would be nice to hear something a bit more, well, electric.

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User Score
8.0

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. popofreitas
    Jun 19, 2004
    10
    this shit rocks
  2. davidr
    Jan 7, 2004
    3
    This album has about 2 or 3 decent tunes - not enough to make you want to put on more than a few times - get some of his older stuff - yeah This album has about 2 or 3 decent tunes - not enough to make you want to put on more than a few times - get some of his older stuff - yeah its that easy or his debut. … Full Review »
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