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9.1
75843
9.1 |
Pretty Much Amazing
For the first time, we’re watching a band with 16 years of experience expose every weapon they have in their arsenal
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9.0
75515
9.0 |
God Is In The TV
Must surely be considered amongst the contenders for Album Of The Year
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8.5
75687
8.5 |
Under The Radar
It's a triumphant listen for longtime fans of the band, and hopefully it will perk up some new, fresh ears as well
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8.1
83616
8.1 |
Art Rocker
The Waterfall will be perfect for a Sunday morning drive, a late-night philosophical chat, or even a walk through the forest as the album art seems to suggest
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8.0
75803
8.0 |
Earbuddy
There’s a meditative vibe albeit in a heavy rock form on The Waterfall
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8.0
75735
8.0 |
Exclaim
If you like your rock records weird, funny, epic, sad and hazily spiritual, this is one you won't want to miss
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8.0
75516
8.0 |
The Skinny
There’s barely an ounce of fat on show as the record veers between the band’s country rawk roots, revelling in dashes of blues on In Its Infancy and the delicately finger-picked Get the Point
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8.0
75517
8.0 |
The Music
A collection of lush, predominantly mid-tempo ramblers housing the delicate, elegant worldview of frontman Jim James
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8.0
75518
8.0 |
Q
Finds them back doing what they do best. Print edition only
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8.0
75519
8.0 |
Mojo
Even amid its fluffy ornamentation, producer Tucker Martine spikes the payers' innately epic capabilities with a puritan elixir. Print edition only
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8.0
75513
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
At its finest, The Waterfall balances between mad and magnificent
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8.0
75625
8.0 |
The Independent
Always prey to their psychedelic tendencies, here MMJ swallow the full tab and dive headfirst into a whirlpool of supposition, analogy and swirling guitars
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8.0
75626
8.0 |
The Guardian
James’s voice is spellbindingly gorgeous, particularly on the closing track, Only Memories Remain, a late-night lament to lost youth
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7.9
75600
7.9 |
Pitchfork
The Waterfall gets close to greatness
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7.5
75514
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
My Morning Jacket harken back to their alt country roots on The Waterfall and create a remarkable vision of the American countryside in the process, one as filled with solitude as it is with wonder
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7.5
75740
7.5 |
A.V. Club
Gripping and in waves, The Waterfall might not be a classic, but it still suggests that after nearly two decades fans don’t know every side of My Morning Jacket
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7.5
76123
7.5 |
The 405
This record should be coupled with its predecessor but it without doubt exceeds its ambitions
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7.0
77252
7.0 |
FasterLouder
It isn’t wholly convincing but the band shows they can edit themselves and still write superb songs that draw from rock, Americana, soul and psychedelic music
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7.0
77563
7.0 |
Beardfood
The Waterfall is almost straight-laced indie rock, with an emphasis on rock
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7.0
75784
7.0 |
PopMatters
New listeners may be disconcerted by the record’s wide stylistic scope, but there are many worthy moments which can be latched on to if you stick with it
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7.0
75789
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
A breakup LP that lands somewhere near acceptance, The Waterfall might be the band's sunniest, and trippiest, album
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7.0
75512
7.0 |
musicOMH
While it’s perhaps understandably not the smoothest listening experience, it proves that on their seventh album, My Morning Jacket still have plenty of new ideas
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7.0
75594
7.0 |
Uncut
James and co tripping out on the glory of a sunset, a beach at dawn, a mile-high mountain view
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7.0
75596
7.0 |
Clash
A powerful and dreamy ride. Another Grammy nomination could well be on the cards
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7.0
75598
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Shows that My Morning Jacket are more than just a backing band for their leader with the big lungs
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6.8
75729
6.8 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
It’s a record that feels too much like a dream to draw any real blood
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6.5
75726
6.5 |
Spectrum Culture
The Waterfall doesn’t falter on a song-by-song basis, but it does fail to captivate or become one cohesive package
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6.0
75690
6.0 |
DIY
An inviting record that will leave returning fans thankful for them not disappearing
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6.0
75748
6.0 |
All Music
The Waterfall suggests maybe My Morning Jacket would be better off doing a few things well rather than losing their way down several different paths
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6.0
75602
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
Their forays into synth-heavy late-'70s/early-'80s prog and arena rock are alternately inventive and bafflingly blockheaded
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6.0
75672
6.0 |
The FT
Kentucky’s hippy-rock revivalists journey from overwrought country-rock to mystical progressive
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6.0
75676
6.0 |
The Observer
Contains traces of their old expansive sound, though elastic soul and soft rock dominate
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