Songs Without Jokes
by Bret McKenzie
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Aug 26, 2022
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  1. AllMusic
    Sep 6, 2022
    70
    There was never any doubt that Bret McKenzie knew how to write a good song, and on Songs Without Jokes, he's more than capable of doing so outside of the framework of an outwardly imposed narrative or feeling obligated to make the listener laugh.
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  2. Uncut
    Aug 26, 2022
    90
    Evocative of Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman at their most extroverted, McKenzie’s songs provide great warmth, too. [Sep 2022, p.28]
  3. Beats Per Minute
    Aug 26, 2022
    64
    Songs Without Jokes is a perfectly satisfactory addition to McKenzie’s musical career. He’s garnered enough clout behind his credentials to be able to release an album like this: inoffensive, perfectly likable in passing, but a few steps from his best work.
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