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8.9
65854
8.9 |
Paste Magazine
Every song on the album is ageless and built to last
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8.5
65844
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Establishes the songwriter as a career-musician, one who probably won’t be forgotten for a while yet
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8.0
65824
8.0 |
NME
Back to his sincere, melancholy best on his latest album
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8.0
65890
8.0 |
The Quietus
By the end, Upside Down Mountain sounds like a rejuvenation. In Wilson, Oberst has found an editor who will reward future collaborations
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8.0
66048
8.0 |
Q
The characters and stories that Oberst sketches out have never been so fully realised. Print edition only
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8.0
66273
8.0 |
State
Conor Oberst has delivered his most mature album to date
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8.0
65712
8.0 |
The Irish Times
A charmingly well-rounded album
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8.0
65713
8.0 |
Clash
Oberst can still throw out quietly stirring minor epics using little more than a guitar and quiet musings
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8.0
65714
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Oberst has his detractors - and admittedly, he’s hardly reinventing the wheel here - but at his best he’s capable of writing songs that do possess a kind of timeless quality
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8.0
65716
8.0 |
The List
Conor Oberst's most focused and mature – both sonically and lyrically – solo effort to date
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8.0
65726
8.0 |
Evening Standard
There’s nothing to suggest Oberst is losing his craftsman’s touch or his ability to re-invent himself with every album
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8.0
65740
8.0 |
The Observer
Melodies emerge strongly from these simple musical settings and there's little to distract from his lyrics, which explore solitude and regret
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8.0
65777
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
The most immediately charming album he has ever made
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7.5
65785
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
Upside Down Mountain shows that quality songcraft is still alive in Conor Oberst
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7.5
65818
7.5 |
A.V. Club
Most of these cryptic ramblers could lose a verse or two and still make pretty much the same amount of sense
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7.5
65897
7.5 |
The 405
The youthful passion may have died out, but Upside Down Mountain suggests that he's starting to move into a new period of his career
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7.0
65893
7.0 |
Spin
Upside Down Mountain is a curious, if occasionally disturbing pleasure to listen to
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7.0
65914
7.0 |
Uncut
The Conor Oberst album for people who don't particularly like Conor Oberst
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6.9
65901
6.9 |
Earbuddy
It’s not an album meant to be listened to in the background, but instead one which stands up well to repeated listens and repeated attempts to peel through its layers of meaning
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6.5
65775
6.5 |
Pitchfork
It's gorgeous to the point of near gaudiness
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6.0
65793
6.0 |
Exclaim
A pleasantly peaceful listen, but lacking the power and urgency of his best work
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6.0
65810
6.0 |
PopMatters
He’s seemed a little off course lately… and revisiting the past is never a bad choice when searching for answers. Especially when it feels like such an effortless transition
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6.0
65746
6.0 |
DIY
Although 'Upside Down Mountain' could do with a little more lyrical variety and structural experimentation, it is strong
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6.0
65739
6.0 |
Mojo
Can be broadly summarised as Eeyore on quaaludes. Print edition only
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6.0
65717
6.0 |
The Music
It floats on by without fully capturing your attention, although the almost upbeat and strangely optimistic Hundreds Of Ways certainly comes close
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6.0
65715
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
The album's moments of sentimentality make Oberst sound like just another chart-climbing purveyor of feel-good folky schlock
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6.0
65828
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
It's an album full of pretty little stand-alone songs
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6.0
65850
6.0 |
Under The Radar
Oberst's unmistakable voice, songwriting style, and melodic tendencies ground the album, but you have to wade through generic instrumentation and glossy production to find it
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6.0
65939
6.0 |
Entertainment.ie
The album is fine, but it feels wrong to settle for that considering the incredible talent behind it and what we all know him to be capable of on form
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4.2
65786
4.2 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Musically, an Oberst record has never sounded quite so studied
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