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Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings
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Positive: 17 out of 24
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Mixed: 3 out of 24
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Negative: 4 out of 24
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JayS.Apr 9, 2008B-e-a-utiful. I can't believe some of the reviews I've read for this album. Having just listened to it again I can only think they had socks in their ears. By the way I haven't heard the originals and will now check them out.
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JamesDec 30, 2007
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MrJonesJan 24, 2006Classic Kozelek style. This is a fantastic album if you havent heard too much Modest Mouse.
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jonjDec 29, 2005hate modest mouse and not that keen on RHP, but in this album - through two months of continuous play - have found a deep if fractious view on the world. It ain't pretty but it sure it great.
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MichaelMDec 6, 2005I'd prefer an album of originals, but anything from Kozelek is pure gold as far as I'm concerned.
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BillBDec 3, 2005You've got to give Mark credit for completely reinventing these songs. "Tiny Cities" does exactly what an album of covers should do. Now, he just needs to put out another album of original stuff.
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KurtGNov 28, 2005While not beating Ghost of the Great Highway by any means, Kozolek's smooth vocals and beautiful guitar help to shed a brand new light onto these songs. A very niuce listen...
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JohanSNov 15, 2005Mark Kozelek is one of the most underestimated artists of all time.
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H.YoungNov 14, 2005
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BobSNov 10, 2005A very good interpretation of Modest Mouse songs but it is too short and leaves the feeling of being unsaitsfied at the end. Its the album equivalent of Lost in Translation
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GeoffDNov 9, 2005Beautiful! An album like this makes me appreciate Modest Mouse even more. I always assumed MM was brooding but in actuality, the lyrics are quite heartfelt.
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Brendan"EagleEye"WNov 8, 2005This is really good. Mark has reworked the songs and they have a very nice relaxingness to them. I like them.
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ChrisJNov 8, 2005Critics who are going to look at this album as Modest Mouse covers are going to miss the point. This is the same kind of album as Wilco/Billy Bragg's Mermaid Ave. These are Kozelek's interpretation of Modest Mouse lyrics. These are solid songs, and fans of Sun Kil Moon and Kozelek will love them, fans of Modest Mouse and Sun Kil Moon will adore it!!!
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BillboardFlecked at every turn with Kozelek's unique interpretive bent, "Tiny Cities" is a triumph.
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Even with Kozelek's laudable work on this outing I feel that something more robust could have emerged had the roots been original.
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Under The RadarA large part... of a Mark Kozelek song is the arrangement.... In that sense, Tiny Cities is a collection of perfect Mark Kozelek songs. [#11, p.108]