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Josephine

Magnolia Electric Co.

Josephine

Ohio singer-songwriter Jason Molina's 5th offering of lo-fi alt rock as Magnolia Electric Co

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7.3

Label
Strictly Canadian
UK Release date
20/07/2009
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  1. 9.0 |   Clash

    Largely recorded with the whole band playing together live, and engineered by long-time collaborator Steve Albini, ‘Josephine’ could well be the album that ensures Molina’s legacy endures
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  2. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Years from now, we should look back at Magnolia Electric Co. and say that, at the height of their powers—as they are on Josephine—they were one of the finest bands going. And while a musical legacy like that wouldn’t heal any wounds, it would make for a lasting tribute. Not to mention a fitting one
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  3. 8.0 |   The List

    If it’s conciliatory cowboy rock you seek, then look no further than Josephine
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  4. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    A collection of hauntingly beautiful country-folk songs, as sad and disconsolate as only Molina can be
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  5. 8.0 |   The Sunday Times

    The parched desperation of his delivery is undeniably redolent of the first-wave Americana scions Will Oldham and Uncle Tupelo
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  6. 8.0 |   Mojo

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  7. 8.0 |   Uncut

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  8. 8.0 |   NME

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  9. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    This is a record of travelling far, searching for love, finding a strange kinship with the other ghosts on the road, and managing to keep hope in your heart
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  10. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Comparisons with Neil Young on electric-led numbers such as The Handing Down are perhaps obvious, but not meaningless. A slow-moving but rewarding album
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  11. 6.0 |   Q

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  12. 6.0 |   No Ripcord

    Purists will be glad to hear that nothing of note has changed. Having one of the most distinctive voices in rock and generally sticking to the same alt-country template with every album guarantees that Josephine has the same characteristics shared by most Magnolia Electric Co. releases
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  13. 5.6 |   Pitchfork

    Josephine is the first Molina album to suggest that he's learned anything more than bombast from those classic rock albums he's been accused of aping. There are real, new stylistic portents here
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