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9.4
50653
9.4 |
Bowlegs
A truly beautiful debut
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8.5
50394
8.5 |
BBC
It never feels anything less than utterly cohesive, or the product of anyone other than its maker. It’s a soulful, self-contained delight
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8.3
50649
8.3 |
Paste Magazine
A promising first entry in a solo career we’ve been waiting on. It’s a bold direction that’s not always easy to pursue successfully in the world of music, but Jim James is sure off to a good start
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8.0
51087
8.0 |
No Ripcord
Overall, this album was a just-in-time surprise: a musical excursion of folk, soul, rock, and soul-baring honesty – fun to listen to, no matter where or how it is heard
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8.0
50395
8.0 |
Mojo
39 minutes in a beautiful, haunted church-shaped jukebox. Print edition only
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8.0
50400
8.0 |
Uncut
A lovingly recorded scrap of splendour and beauty. Print edition only
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8.0
50454
8.0 |
The Independent
A quirky curio that seeks its own peculiar niche in the pop firmament
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8.0
50464
8.0 |
The Observer
Light but deep, it helps this shimmering solo effort knock the last three MMJ albums into a cocked hat
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8.0
50723
8.0 |
The 405
You can delve as deep into My Morning Jacket's back catalogue or James' subconscious demoing and you won't find anything that's as centred and consistent in its themes as this record
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8.0
50487
8.0 |
The Scotsman
An album for anyone who has ever wondered what The Flaming Lips might sound like if they covered Roy Ayers
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8.0
50544
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
An album that’s equal parts weighed down by loneliness and lifted up with hope, sometimes distant and other times fully engaged
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7.8
50481
7.8 |
Pitchfork
A svelte, sweet collection clocking in at under 40 minutes - the shortest album of his career
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7.5
50707
7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
While it doesn’t exactly live up to its grandiose title, it’s a fascinating musical backroad to find yourself stranded in
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7.0
50547
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
It is what solo albums are for: the leader of a great band out on a limb, in rapt self-examination, getting weird and interesting
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7.0
50501
7.0 |
All Music
Loosely developed pop song structures that are instantly accessible yet whose lyrics are often metaphysically elusive
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7.0
50428
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
A loose, meditative song cycle about regret, religion, and romance
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7.0
50430
7.0 |
Under The Radar
Regions of Light and Sound of God finds the formula that works—beat, spare hooks, and James' voice-and sticks with it
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7.0
50398
7.0 |
NME
A low-key treat
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7.0
50388
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
A good rather than great album, lacking some of the spine-tingling dynamics of My Morning Jacket but delivering a consistent vision than many of their efforts
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7.0
50389
7.0 |
DIY
When you put out an album containing just nine tracks there's no place to hide, and everything here has its rightful place
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7.0
50983
7.0 |
Spin
Perhaps it's better to consider Regions of Light as James' expanded tribute to the six-string spirituality of George Harrison
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6.0
50844
6.0 |
musicOMH
It adds up to a more than decent effort compared to most of James’s contemporaries, but still the same old nagging doubts of a great talent somehow unfulfilled
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6.0
50978
6.0 |
PopMatters
Its vision, however good-intentioned, is a bit overambitious, while its execution and production are a bit undercooked
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5.8
50533
5.8 |
A.V. Club
One can’t shake the idea that Regions Of Light And Sound Of God would have benefited from the input of an outside editor
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4.0
50391
4.0 |
Q
Pomposity reigns and the songs are too one-paced. Print edition only
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