Peace Queer
by Todd Snider
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Spin
    80
    Peace Queer includes an acoustic antiwar rant and a ghostly reading of Creedence’s 'Fortunate Son' (with Patty Griffin on backup vocals). But the high point is a ragged bar-band jam about the dissolution of the middle-class dream ('Stuck on the Corner [Prelude to a Heart Attack]').
  2. AllMusic
    80
    Peace Queer is a short and bittersweet gem, a rant that's funny enough to make the venom sting all the more and a cry of protest with joy and compassion in its heart.
  3. Blender
    70
    On this eight-song EP--available for free on his Web site--the amiable 42-year-old lends his peach-cobbler drawl to songs about maimed soldiers and power-drunk bullies, a doleful cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 'Fortunate Son' and 'Mission Accomplished (Because You Gotta Have Faith),' which deploys a Bo Diddley beat to excoriate a leader who “drove us off a cliff and told us we were flyin’.”
  5. Austin Chronicle
    67
    Todd Snider's a misfit's kind of misfit, and like his previous disc, "The Devil You Know," his latest eight-song offering cuts biting satire into the truly poignant.

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  1. GM.
    Oct 29, 2008
    8
    Once again dedicated to the proposition that the losers also have a history worth hearing, this baldly non-commercial (title, cover, Once again dedicated to the proposition that the losers also have a history worth hearing, this baldly non-commercial (title, cover, distribution strategy, spoken word pieces, frequent and casual profanity, length), roughly carved yet tightly assembled little piece of heart, mind, humor and humanity qualifies for … Full Review »
  2. MaryD.
    Oct 28, 2008
    10
    Snider is one of hte best songwriters of our time. Genius.
  3. BrandonM.
    Oct 27, 2008
    10
    Excellent Todd Snider album. As always, Todd does a great job tying his words together with excellent music.