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8.0
70892
8.0 |
The Guardian
Many of these songs convey a querulous romance
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8.0
70895
8.0 |
Q
Gentle ballads and blues grooves about new love, mother nature and his eco-car. Print edition only
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8.0
71076
8.0 |
The Irish Times
In all, his is a tender and oddly vulnerable voice almost surprised at his situation
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7.0
71014
7.0 |
Paste Magazine
A conundrum of brilliant moments juxtaposed with toss-offs that are almost completely devoid of any real musical interest
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7.0
70894
7.0 |
Exclaim
If you don't let the aesthetic throw you, you'll hear some memorable and earnest new Neil Young tunes
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7.0
70897
7.0 |
Uncut
Shakey’s soul laid bare in two versions; one sumptuous, one raw. Print edition only
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7.0
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7.0 |
The Music
Age shall not weary Neil Young, nor his power as a formidable storyteller
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7.0
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7.0 |
NME
It skips between the deeply political and the delicately personal
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6.0
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6.0 |
PopMatters
The full enchilada is for those who never see a problem with having more on top of more
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6.0
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6.0 |
All Music
He surprises, and by delivering this big, sloppy valentine to everything he is and everything he loves, he's not being neat but he is true to himself
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6.0
70896
6.0 |
Mojo
Here’s a welter of sentiment, romance and raw melancholia largely cloaked in a swathe of strings and grand orchestral arrangements. Print edition only
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6.0
70893
6.0 |
The Observer
As Storytone goes on, a pink-umbrella cocktail of vulnerability, bravery and Disney, it becomes engrossing – car-crash listening, even
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6.0
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6.0 |
God Is In The TV
This was a good idea, but could have been executed better
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5.0
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5.0 |
Beardfood
It's a nice slice of Americana, filled out by some big band antics
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5.0
71008
5.0 |
Rolling Stone
At core throughout both LPs are Young's vulnerable, still-stunning high-tenor voice and his minimalist commitment to gut emotion. He needs little else
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5.0
70951
5.0 |
Slant Magazine
Storytone's disposability can't be entirely blamed on the hilariously overdone arrangements, as even without those trappings, there just isn't much to these songs in the first place
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4.8
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4.8 |
Pitchfork
Storytone never finds a comfortable middle ground: the orchestral versions too maudlin, the solo versions over-sharing
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4.2
71198
4.2 |
Consequence Of Sound
Sincerity doesn’t always equal success, and Storytone fares much better in the genre that already plays to his strengths
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2.5
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2.5 |
A.V. Club
Everything here, even the big band numbers, is sleepy and uninspired
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