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  • Summary: The final full-length release for British indie artist Pat Fish as The Jazz Butcher was recorded before he passed away in October 2021.
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  • Record Label: Tapete Records
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
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  1. Mojo
    Feb 8, 2022
    80
    The most natural sounding album of his career. [Mar 2022, p.83]
  2. Feb 10, 2022
    75
    The Highest in the Land, a just and honest headstone, captures the substance and self-definition of a singular songwriter where words and labels fail.
  3. Feb 8, 2022
    70
    While the album is missing the manic discontent that often made its way into earlier work, the relative restfulness of the music belies Fish’s disillusion and frustration with the current state of affairs.
  4. Uncut
    Feb 8, 2022
    70
    The bleak but beautiful moments here represent a suave, dignified coda for an artist whose work never quite got the hugs it deserved. [Mar 2022, p.31]
  5. Feb 8, 2022
    70
    The Highest in the Land may not be the strongest Jazz Butcher release, but it certainly has enough frothy treats and swooning bits of heartbreak to remind everyone why they -- and Fish -- were so delightful.