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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

  • Summary: The first full-length release in six years for singer-songwriter Beth Orton was self-produced.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. 90
    A work of breathtaking beauty capable of connecting us more deeply to our truest selves and to the world around us.
  2. Sep 28, 2022
    90
    Beautifully accomplished, ‘Weather Alive’ stands as an imposing career-high by a fine, fine songwriter.
  3. Sep 26, 2022
    87
    Weather Alive is a testament to her conviction, an eerily physical experience with the power to make believers of the rest of us.
  4. Sep 23, 2022
    80
    The result is both viscerally corporeal music, full of gristle and breath, and richly ambient. [Oct 2022, p.27]
  5. Sep 26, 2022
    80
    One certainly shouldn’t turn to Weather Alive when looking to jam out hard, but for a cohesive batch of wistful mood pieces, look no further.
  6. Mojo
    Sep 23, 2022
    80
    This is as moving and real as Orton has ever been. [Oct 2022, p.86]
  7. Sep 23, 2022
    70
    At other times these arrangements can feel a little staid, but that doesn’t keep Weather Alive from being an engrossing listen especially as Orton dominates the proceedings so expertly.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. May 23, 2023
    9
    I don’t understand how this has the lowest “user” rating of all her albums. This is the one album that showcases everything great about BethI don’t understand how this has the lowest “user” rating of all her albums. This is the one album that showcases everything great about Beth Orton: her unique voice, song writing, musicianship, and production. Maybe she isn’t hip anymore, but she’s never been better. Expand
  2. Nov 16, 2022
    7
    this record is a claustrophobic sequel to Cassandra Jenkins 'an observation of a phenomenal nature' but i feels older, worn out by thethis record is a claustrophobic sequel to Cassandra Jenkins 'an observation of a phenomenal nature' but i feels older, worn out by the ravaging tides of time. it does not eel pessimistic but contemplative, peaceful. hints of talk talk can be heard throughout. Expand