City Music
by Kevin Morby
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
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  1. Mojo
    Jun 6, 2017
    60
    If this is about cities, it's cities glimpsed in poetic, fragmentary dreams. [Jul 2017, p.90]
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  2. Record Collector
    Jun 6, 2017
    60
    Morby is able to conjure vast stretches of beauty, but can also disrupt them, causing dead ends and roadblocks for a listener. City Songs, while by no means an ugly sprawl, perhaps just needed a tad more urban planning.
  3. The 405
    Jun 20, 2017
    50
    Unfortunately, Morby's latest effort seems to purposefully aim for the very middlest of the road.

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 27
  3. Negative: 2 out of 27
  1. michaelwarren22
    Jul 13, 2017
    9
    Kevin Morby's latest record "City Music" confronts the clash between rural upbringing and urban adulthood. Subtle, often beautiful andKevin Morby's latest record "City Music" confronts the clash between rural upbringing and urban adulthood. Subtle, often beautiful and dripping with nostalgia, here, Kevin is trying to find a easy-going path through an urban life often so relentless.

    The end result is one of nuance and musical mastery.

    9/10    … Full Review »
  2. Platendraaier
    Jun 26, 2017
    8
    In City Music Kevin Morby carries you in his much musical diversity through the urban areas of the USA. Effectively the loneliness of the mainIn City Music Kevin Morby carries you in his much musical diversity through the urban areas of the USA. Effectively the loneliness of the main character is incorporated into the musical cohesion, from the amazing sounds of the acoustic guitar to the dark tones of the organ. In addition, the album is full of musical references to the music of the Velvet Underground and especially Lou Reed. Often the songs returns to the past, but nowhere does this relate to the story in the big city. Whether it's the nightly lights in a metropolis or the way you stumble across the busy streets of New York, Morby gives you the feeling that you are part of the story. And this story shows the growth of him as a musician, the processing of each chapter in the textual and musical. 8/10

    Full review in Dutch: https://www.platendraaier.nl/albumrecensies/kevin-morby-city-music/    … Full Review »
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