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  • Summary: The third full-length release for the harp-playing singer-songwriter was produced by Joe Cocker.
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
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  1. Jul 26, 2013
    80
    What may at first come across as a bottled up effort does in fact reveal astounding complexity on repeated listening.
  2. The Wire
    Jul 26, 2013
    80
    The Moths Are Real is a crisp and atmospheric set of idiosyncratic and finely crafted pop songs. [Mar 2013, p.60]
  3. Jul 26, 2013
    80
    So rather than the fanciful frippery it could so easily have been, The Moths Are Real is instead a fitting document of real life in all its mixed-up glory.
  4. Jul 26, 2013
    80
    Jarvis Cocker produces with a relish for her oddities that is infectious.
  5. Mojo
    Jul 26, 2013
    80
    Steer is an astringent, droll, sometimes touching narrator; it's easy to hear why Cocker was so bewitched. [Feb 2013, p.91]
  6. Jul 26, 2013
    70
    Things remain pared back, but an ambition nurtured by classical training keeps things interesting.
  7. Uncut
    Jul 26, 2013
    50
    She fails to stand out in a crowded marketplace. [Feb 2013, p.79]

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