Despite Our Differences
by Indigo Girls
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. AllMusic
    80
    There is no commercial slant on this music, but it's more relevant than anyone dared expect.
  2. Hot Press
    85
    An album as vital and as edgy as anything they’ve ever done.
  3. NOW Magazine
    60
    Their distinctive differences as songwriters (Emily Saliers is soft and spiritual, Amy Ray punk rock and raw) are often complementary, but sometimes the songs cry out for more input from the other.
  5. Paste Magazine
    70
    This is the Indigo Girls at their best.
  6. Q Magazine
    70
    Despite Our Differences bustles with invention, righteous anger and the typically sunshine harmonies. [Apr 2007, p.120]
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  7. Slant Magazine
    70
    Despite Our Differences... is both the most commercially viable and the most focused and energized that the Indigo Girls have sounded in a decade.
  8. Uncut
    70
    It's a world away from their introspective acoustic work... but [Producer Mitchell] Froom's airbrushed studiocraft... suits their well-crafted songs. [Apr 2007, p.105]
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User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. wendyg
    Jan 13, 2007
    9
    With Despite Our Differences, Indigo Girls have grown, stretched, and inspired. I am always amazed at the relevance of their lyrics, in With Despite Our Differences, Indigo Girls have grown, stretched, and inspired. I am always amazed at the relevance of their lyrics, in addition to the emotion of the music. I used to be more a fan of Emily's writing and Amy's harmony. Now, I find both writers' lyrics delicious. And their voices have, at times, almost become indecipherable from the other because the blending is seamless. I have anjoyed growing with the Girls, and am pleased that, once again, they have taken over my ipod. Last Tears and Run can't be missed. Thanks, ladies.… Full Review »
  2. Donna
    Dec 15, 2006
    10
    This is their best yet. You are missing out if you don't get it. They are re-vitalized.
  3. AndrewR
    Dec 15, 2006
    5
    I used to like the Indigo Girls but I feel that after so many albums their sound is getting stale. The same hooks, the same sorts of I used to like the Indigo Girls but I feel that after so many albums their sound is getting stale. The same hooks, the same sorts of lyrics... "I'm the romantic one, I'm the angry one!" Perhaps there should be a rule that after a specific number of albums or years the band is forced to break-up. Not a bad album, just the same as it ever was... zzzzz!… Full Review »
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