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Global Rhythm (Publication) (p.51) - "'Chiquita' is a playful number that captures the feeling of waking from an especially pleasant dream -- a similar mood that drives the rest of ASUNCION."10.06863
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CMJ (6/9/03, p.7) - "...An aesthetic that's modern and tech-savvy, while retaining an aura of organic warmth..."10.03717
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CMJ (12/20/99, p.27) - "...features a wide range of artists performing a mix of mostly original secular and Chanukah holiday tunes..."Dirty Linen (12/99-1/00, p.54) - "...some new tunes to usher in the moment....manages to add new meaning while reinforcing Hanukah's sentimental and uplifting moods....By turns mournful and joyful these songs draw on history and integrity to offer a little bit of hope..."10.02872
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CMJ (p.5) - "The album fuses bossa nova and samba with languid guitar lines to create a warm and hypnotic atmosphere."Down Beat (p.70) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "MOMENTO offers magic and mystery, expressed in the album's blurring of acoustic/electronic textures, and in the twilight urban mood that permeates every track."JazzTimes (p.113) - "Bebel's breathy dreaminess recalls the misty Astrud, but the Gilberto progeny explores wider musical horizons. Hers is a distinctly more pop-jazz sound..."Dirty Linen (p.74) - "[A] drifting cruise across sea and foam to an enchanted island of tranquility and undulating soft rhythms..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.104) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he fieriest, most obviously Brazilian efforts -- 'Tranquilo' and 'Cacada', with its forro drums and flutes -- are the stand-outs."9.99879
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Rolling Stone (4/15/71, p.42) - "...This is such a good album, it is best heard as a whole..."Uncut (magazine) (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The LP's six tracks run the gamut of ELP, mood-switching from lakeside tranquility to a rockier, riffier attack."0.2881122
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Rolling Stone (4/15/71, p.42) - "...This is such a good album, it is best heard as a whole..."Uncut (magazine) (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The LP's six tracks run the gamut of ELP, mood-switching from lakeside tranquility to a rockier, riffier attack."0.2881122
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Rolling Stone (4/15/71, p.42) - "...This is such a good album, it is best heard as a whole..."Uncut (magazine) (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The LP's six tracks run the gamut of ELP, mood-switching from lakeside tranquility to a rockier, riffier attack."0.2881122
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Down Beat (1/95, p.51) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Veasley is the star of the collection, igniting a funk flame in the rowdier moments as well as stepping out with several grooving six-string bass solos, which save this session from succumbing to a state of out-and-out torpor..."0.2611415
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"[I]t is marvelously alert, adult, intelligent, handsome, well-acted, and serenely sad -- possibly the most beautiful film ever made by an 84-year-old, certainly one of the year's best pictures."Film Comment "The mood is polite, discreet, hushed, resolutely adult....Mr. Resnais's narrative techniques are similarly refined. The edits are as smooth as the fluid camerawork..."New York Times "The grand old filmmaker frames each scene like a fine painting." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's the beautifully tuned ensemble acting that infuses this funny, sad treat with real humanist heft."Total Film "[An] elegant, highly formal play on the toings and froings of six characters....PRIVATE FEARS demonstrates once again Resnais' formal mastery."Sight and Sound0.2006319
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Q (10/92, p.100) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...one of the pivotal albums of the '80s...an American melting-pot music such as had never been heard before..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.77) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n album that shifted gloriously in mood....SWORDFISHTROMBONES continues to amaze."NME (Magazine) (9/25/93, p.19) - Ranked #16 among The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s.0.1518839
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"THE GRAND is in the grand tradition of Christopher Guest 'mockumentary' comedy satires: Its greatest asset is its eclectic, quirky-funny cast."USA Today "The actors certainly look as if they're having a good time, and if you're in the right mood, you might to."New York Times0.1458335
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"THE GRAND is in the grand tradition of Christopher Guest 'mockumentary' comedy satires: Its greatest asset is its eclectic, quirky-funny cast."USA Today "The actors certainly look as if they're having a good time, and if you're in the right mood, you might to."New York Times0.1458335
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This is a record of broken communication and undone relationships....[The] songs skitter round your peripheral vision, hide in the back of your mind, their outlaw mental state playing hide-and-seek behind the classic rock curtains."Mojo (Publisher) (p.57) - Ranked #8 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2010" -- "Recorded in three nights in Brooklyn, it was lovingly tweaked over six months in Houck's studio."Pitchfork (Website) - "'We'll Be Here Soon' expertly recreates the feel of a late-night Mexican cantina. Then there's the closing 'Los Angeles,' which offers up a faithful facsimile of Neil Young's bruised guitar heroics."Uncut (magazine) (p.101) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Houck has a crack in his singing voice that gives it natural sensitivity....Houck's arrangements ensure the mood is rousing, uplifting, but also thoughtful."0.1440561
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Rolling Stone (12/29/94-1/12/95) - "...A swirl of guitars, violin, trumpet, vibe and bassoon, Tindersticks' nearly 80-minute debut is mood music of...[an] anxious variety....Their best tunes...glimmer like dreams."Spin (12/94, p.81) - Listed as one of `Spin's Best Albums of '94' - "...plumbing the moody depths...that swings from spaghetti-western twangathons to sullen cabaret balladry....poignant, beautiful...menacing..."Entertainment Weekly (6/17/94, p.52) - "...the white-knuckled confessional dirges achieve a haunting beauty..." - Rating: BQ (1/94, p.102) - 3 Stars - GoodQ (p.141) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[A] strikingly maudlin six-piece capable of producing beautiful music..."Melody Maker (1/1/94, p.76) - Ranked #1 in Melody Maker's list of the `Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - "...sprawling, ambitious, faltering, brilliant, romantic, spontaneous, spooky, flawed and delightful....a quiet, candlelit inventory of love sorrows..."Melody Maker (10/9/93, p.38) - "...mystery, grace and a sense of place are here in abundance, and the band's collective imagination extends way beyond the race for a front cover in the music press...."0.1440561
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JazzTimes (2/96, pp.103-104) - "...Perhaps not since the days of Serge, Gerry and Pepper at their best has a baritonist so easily commanded the listener's attention as Joe does here....Although conversant with bop, Temperley is basically a swingman..."0.1424349
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Rolling Stone (p.103) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here's a light that never goes out on THE HARROW & THE HARVEST."Q (Magazine) (p.119) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "THE HARROW AND THE HARVEST maintains a singular mood and sense of atmosphere -- its terrain, musically and emotionally, is stark and bleak but beautiful."Mojo (Publisher) (p.94) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "10 songs of love and transgression, hard times, darkness, betrayal and no going back....Sparely intuitively performed, it's simply excellent."Paste (magazine) - "[O]n song after song, Welch balances the ancient and the modern with an ease and grace that scarcely seems possible."Record Collector (magazine) (p.104) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "Reminiscent of her striking 1996 debut, REVIVAL, this is pure, unadulterated traditional country music, as once played by The Carter Family or Delmore Brothers."Uncut (magazine) (p.35) - Ranked #2 in Uncut's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "[B]are and finely wrought new country-folk songs, rendered with guitar, banjo, two voices and the odd foot-stomp..."0.138026
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Spin (6/98, p.131) - 10 (out of 10) - "...Marked by daring improvisations and telepathic interplay...the albums collected on THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO RECORDINGS unite defenders and despoilers of jazz tradition in matrimonial bliss. If this comprehensive six-CD box set breaks the bank, the pearless original albums are individually waiting at the register..."Entertainment Weekly (3/27/98, pp.66-67) - "...a six-CD, 7 1/2 hour summary of perhaps the greatest phase of a great career....It's only with 30 years' hindsight that we can grasp how radical he was....Here was music that worked on two levels: Beguiling to newcomers, it gave hardcore fans infinite opportunities to plumb its depths..." - Rating: ADown Beat (4/98, pp.56-57) - 4 1/2 stars (out of 5) - "...for anyone interested in Miles Davis, in Wayne Shorter, in jazz during this period or its impact on the present day, this box contains essential music..."Vibe (4/98, p.158) - "...this remarkable box set shows that, in just three short years, Miles had again cornered the market on inventiveness, excellence, and genius."Musician (5/98, pp.85-86) - "...a vital documentation of an important transition period in jazz, a lesson in how radically music can change in a short time, and a reminder that such change is necessary for music to stay alive....This is music that can travel anywhere, and frequently does..."0.1378693
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Down Beat (3/96, pp.47-48) - 4 Stars - Very Good - "...colorful, highly individualistic compositions....NORDIC GALLERY presents a collection of views including folk themes, tango, rock rhythms and glacial soundscapes....The leader's drumming styles are equally diverse, tailored to each composition."JazzTimes (2/96, p.107) - "...NORDIC GALLERY touches many stylistic bases....there's a dignified and vaguely funereal mood to much of the session....Perhaps this is what happens to jazz when it travels close to the Arctic Circle....a sumptuously varied palette."0.1319284
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Rolling Stone (p.94) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Young charges forward here, playing half of the imminent NEIL YOUNG in pristine, tremulous vocal form and reclaiming six of his Buffalo Springfield songs..."Spin (p.94) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "His deceptively fragile vocal style and skewed lyrical genius were already evident at age 22 in these 13 acoustic songs recorded over two nights..."Entertainment Weekly (p.70) - "'The Loner,' the exquisite 'Birds,' and the bittersweet title song provide a live demo tape of his immediate future." -- Grade: B+Billboard (p.41) - "It's an intimate performance....It's the kind of recording that makes you wish you were there -- but also makes you feel like you are."Mojo (Publisher) (p.118) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "SUGAR MOUNTAIN is Neil Young, unadorned, from when he was a true receptor, a feeling arranger capturing America's secret heart: 40 years in, it still has the capacity to draw you in and stop time."Clash (magazine) (p.109) - "The mood is relaxed as Young talks with the crowd between numbers, setting up songs or just sharing anecdotes. A unique window into the past of this legendary musician."Record Collector (magazine) (pp.104-105) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Young -- gutsy as ever -- steps out with just his acoustic guitar, commanding the audience with a smattering of Springfield placations and a number of early solo cuts."0.1200467
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"[T]his 1972 concert a the Los Angeles Coliseum was arguably more remarkable than its hippie predecessor." Rolling Stone "It's a testament to the music, a mix of funk, gospel, and soul, that the prevailing mood is one of devotion, compassion, and hope, which Stuart captures in full." Film Comment "[Y]ou are getting a great concert film and a decent slice-of-African-American-life doc for the price of one." Entertainment Weekly "This is more than just a concert film; it's a retrospective commemoration of the 1965 Watts riots, punctuated by a gut-busting Richard Pryor, just beginning his tenure as the funniest man alive."USA Today0.1189018
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"[T]his is the real thing..."USA Today 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] terrific noir amid the angular shadows of postwar London."Uncut 4 stars out of 5 -- "Dassin took the location realism that he had pioneered in THE NAKED CITY and imbued it with vivid low-life characterisation and a mood of desperate paranoia."Empire "Richard Widmark excels as a small-time hustler....Dassin evokes the seedy glamour, misery and violence of Soho..."Sight and Sound0.1058752
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"ARGO is a crackerjack political thriller told with intelligence....Proving even more than before that hes a behind-the-camera force to be reckoned with, Ben Affleck tells a dense, multilayered yarn..."Hollywood Reporter 5 stars out of 5 -- "This certain Best Picture contender proves to be a prime example of accomplished major studio filmmaking, and also a smart, crafty suspense-laden picture that should win critical plaudits across the board."Box Office "[T]he results are nothing less than sensational. This political thriller has it all..."Wall Street Journal "ARGO is most impressive in the number of moods its director has casually mastered."Los Angeles Times "ARGO plays out like an unlikely heist movie in which all the suspense comes from unexpected corners."Movieline "[A] smart, jittery thriller about a freakish and little-known chapter of the Iranian hostage crisis..."New York Times 4 stars out of 4 -- "[B]oth spellbinding and surprisingly funny. Many of the laughs come from the Hollywood guys played by Goodman and Arkin..."Chicago Sun-Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Ben Affleck doesn't merely direct ARGO, he directs the hell out of it, nailing the quickening pace, the wayward humor, the nerve-frying suspense."Rolling Stone "Affleck threads viewers through the dauntingly tricky geopolitics and tonal shifts of ARGO with an utterly flawless sense of control..."Washington Post 4 stars out of 5 -- "[Affleck] makes it work, anchoring proceedings with a likeable, layered lead performance."Total Film "[S]lick enough to send us smiling out of cinemas on a Saturday night, but with the substance to avoid insulting our intelligence in the process."Sight and Sound0.1051559
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"ARGO is a crackerjack political thriller told with intelligence....Proving even more than before that hes a behind-the-camera force to be reckoned with, Ben Affleck tells a dense, multilayered yarn..."Hollywood Reporter 5 stars out of 5 -- "This certain Best Picture contender proves to be a prime example of accomplished major studio filmmaking, and also a smart, crafty suspense-laden picture that should win critical plaudits across the board."Box Office "[T]he results are nothing less than sensational. This political thriller has it all..."Wall Street Journal "ARGO is most impressive in the number of moods its director has casually mastered."Los Angeles Times "ARGO plays out like an unlikely heist movie in which all the suspense comes from unexpected corners."Movieline "[A] smart, jittery thriller about a freakish and little-known chapter of the Iranian hostage crisis..."New York Times 4 stars out of 4 -- "[B]oth spellbinding and surprisingly funny. Many of the laughs come from the Hollywood guys played by Goodman and Arkin..."Chicago Sun-Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Ben Affleck doesn't merely direct ARGO, he directs the hell out of it, nailing the quickening pace, the wayward humor, the nerve-frying suspense."Rolling Stone "Affleck threads viewers through the dauntingly tricky geopolitics and tonal shifts of ARGO with an utterly flawless sense of control..."Washington Post 4 stars out of 5 -- "[Affleck] makes it work, anchoring proceedings with a likeable, layered lead performance."Total Film "[S]lick enough to send us smiling out of cinemas on a Saturday night, but with the substance to avoid insulting our intelligence in the process."Sight and Sound0.1051559
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Clash (magazine) - "Bursting at the seams with complex rhythms, pulsating beats and oh so funky bass lines..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.77) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he music sounds timelessly unique as ever..."Uncut (magazine) (p.86) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[They] made a skeletal fusion of Latin-funk and hypnotic post-punk that would be sampled by dozens of hip hop producers and influence a generation of musicians."0.09970441
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Rolling Stone (p.60) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "STeve Albini, among other producers, keeps things raw; indeed, the record's primitive art punk sometimes echoes Nirvana."Spin (p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Much of the album feels like a trip around the world via a fever dream....Deal's skewed vocals, doubled and tripled in off-kilter harmonies, keep MOUNTAIN BATTLES on the dark side."Uncut (p.91) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he sweetly menacing harmonies of the Deal twins pull everything together, mesmerizing on the fairytale fragility of 'Night Of Joy'..."Magnet (p.97) - "Ranging from sophisticated twilight-time pop and souped-up Tex Mex to faux-country and flat-out overdriven rawk, MOUNTAIN BATTLES zigzags from one stylistic locale to the next without blinking an eye."CMJ - "These surprisingly mellow songs were written over six years...most of them retain the scruffy, raw production of their past efforts..."Kerrang (Magazine) (p.47) - "What always lurks beneath...is vulnerability and pain, bruised emotions that manage always to nag at the heart."Q (Magazine) (p.126) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Garage-rockers 'No Way' and 'Walk It Off,' all squalling guitars and chugging rhythms, are welcome blasts..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.101) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Reprising the beautiful understated chemistry of 2002's TITLE TK, MOUNTAIN BATTLES features twin sister Kelley on guitar and East LA Rhythm section Jose Medeles and Mando Lopez."Blender (Magazine) (p.77) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[O]ften gorgeous, as Deal's wafting voice strikes upon melodies pretty and eerie."Record Collector (magazine) (p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "It's an album of many moods and styles, bound together with a gentle sense of triumph as the Deals effortlessly regain their place at the summit of the alt.rock pile."0.09603739
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3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The drama of TAKE SHELTER resembles Todd Haynes' SAFE in its real-world fear and paranoia, but it's warmer, more poignant and more suspenseful than that 1995 psychodrama."Box Office "Writer-director Jeff Nichols builds his elegantly shot, weather-sensitive horror story in waves of tension that crest as if pulled by tempests." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly "Nichols is still concerned with family legacies, and the ways people in smaller communities relate to each other, but TAKE SHELTER is slower and smoother, deliberately developing a mood of creeping dread."A.V. Club 3 stars out of 4 -- "Nichols throws curveballs, but his film is unique and unforgettable."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 4 -- "Here is a frightening thriller based not on special effects gimmicks but on a dread that seems quietly spreading in the land..."Chicago Sun-Times 4 stars out of 4 -- "Taut, unsettling, haunting and powerful, TAKE SHELTER stars Michael Shannon in a shattering performance as a man caught up in forces beyond his control."Washington Post 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] beguiling mix of Polanski-esque psychological terror and Loach-like social realism....Aided by the poetic, often Malick-esque visuals...it's a brave idea, boldly executed."Total Film0.09548179
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3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The drama of TAKE SHELTER resembles Todd Haynes' SAFE in its real-world fear and paranoia, but it's warmer, more poignant and more suspenseful than that 1995 psychodrama."Box Office "Writer-director Jeff Nichols builds his elegantly shot, weather-sensitive horror story in waves of tension that crest as if pulled by tempests." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly "Nichols is still concerned with family legacies, and the ways people in smaller communities relate to each other, but TAKE SHELTER is slower and smoother, deliberately developing a mood of creeping dread."A.V. Club 3 stars out of 4 -- "Nichols throws curveballs, but his film is unique and unforgettable."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 4 -- "Here is a frightening thriller based not on special effects gimmicks but on a dread that seems quietly spreading in the land..."Chicago Sun-Times 4 stars out of 4 -- "Taut, unsettling, haunting and powerful, TAKE SHELTER stars Michael Shannon in a shattering performance as a man caught up in forces beyond his control."Washington Post 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] beguiling mix of Polanski-esque psychological terror and Loach-like social realism....Aided by the poetic, often Malick-esque visuals...it's a brave idea, boldly executed."Total Film "[TAKE SHELTER] grows more convincing as it develops Curtis's predicament....It's a pleasure and a relief to see a film about the realities as well as the surrealities of the world..."Sight and Sound 4 stars out of 5 -- "Jessica Chastain makes a more forceful, feisty mother than she did in Terrence Malick's THE TREE OF LIFE, while in the lead, Shannon is as riveting as ever."Uncut0.08896851
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"Maggie Cheung and Nick Nolte not only give two beautifully modulated performances here, they also serve as emotional compass points..." Film Comment "[T]he role is a plum -- and Cheung was rewarded with the prize for best actress at Cannes in 2004." Entertainment Weekly "A thoughtful, philosophic man with tough inner core, Albrecht brings out a side of Mr. Nolte rarely seen on the screen, and he gives a deep and touching portrayal..." New York Times 4 stars out of 4 -- "Visually assured, beautifully acted, it's a movie of scrupulous straightforwardness..." Los Angeles Times 4 stars out of 4 -- "Assayas' sometimes undemonstrative film derives a special edge from Cheung's performance..."Uncut Included in Premiere's "10 Best Movies Of The Year" -- "Smart, unsentimental, very moving, and entirely underseen."Premiere0.07121743
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"[The] film stealthily pulls out the rug until you suddenly find yourself standing on a cold stone floor, barefoot and shivering." New York Times0.07121743
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