• Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: May 25, 2018
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Negative: 1 out of 13
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  1. Jun 1, 2018
    6
    Always nice to see talent return to work if not to a new peak; if only this release took more risks and went beyond what is fairly predictable fare. The production and playing here is wonderful - taking a collection of songs that could have been written anytime in the last 50 years and teasing the best out of them. (Edwyn Collins is the perfect producer for this album and it is lovely toAlways nice to see talent return to work if not to a new peak; if only this release took more risks and went beyond what is fairly predictable fare. The production and playing here is wonderful - taking a collection of songs that could have been written anytime in the last 50 years and teasing the best out of them. (Edwyn Collins is the perfect producer for this album and it is lovely to hear his voice again, if only in brief backing.) That said, nothing can quite save this album from falling into the 'too precious and pleasant to play again' category......

    More risks and edges would benefit this so much....
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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Nov 15, 2018
    80
    10 unassuming but gem-like songs that live up to their past work.
  2. May 30, 2018
    80
    The whole thing is as immaculately crafted and endearingly overcast as the Scottish countryside.
  3. May 29, 2018
    74
    Its loveliness is a bit more tentative, more cautious, more formulaic than Campbell’s music with Camera Obscura had become. One understands. This project has time to grow. For now, we’re just so glad she’s back.