There's Me And There's You
by The Matthew Herbert Big Band
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. musicOMH.com
    90
    If you've approached Herbert's music before you'll already know to expect the unexpected. If it's your first time, use all the surround sound you have and revel in the power of free musical speech and a fantastic update of timeless jazz styles.
  2. cokemachineglow
    80
    This is a record filled with breezy jazz tunes ripe for a dance hall. It’s also music that will give you a headache from thinking, if you take the time to truly appreciate the multi-faceted work of art that it is.
  3. Urb
    80
    The developed avant-jazz compositions stand out just fine, but with all their consequential underpinnings, Herbert and the band are swinging on all levels.
  5. The Wire
    70
    There's Me And There's You, it turns out, a perfectly logical oddity. [Nov 2008, p.62]
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  6. Almost Cool
    60
    There are still some fine moments here, but there's more chaff than usual.
  7. NOW Magazine
    60
    There are some great moments, to be sure, but there are too many spots where the lyrics induce cringing and the electronic interventions sound more like gimmicks than real song elements.
  8. Under The Radar
    60
    The music’s so great that Eska’s vocals are often intrusive and sometimes embarrassing. [Year End 2008]
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  9. PopMatters
    50
    It’s an interesting album, just not interesting in a way that particularly compels me to listen to it again.
  10. Pitchfork
    40
    So yeah, the tricks are clever; unfortunately, musically, There's Me... is an overstuffed mess.
  11. Tiny Mix Tapes
    40
    Unfortunately, There’s Me and There’s You is a precipitate more than a catalyst, a document far less persuasive than a documentary about its own creation would be.
  12. Uncut
    40
    The result is a confusing confection that plays out like "Anti-Capitalism: The Musical." [Jan 2009, p.96]
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  1. JeffA.
    Dec 6, 2008
    10
    This record sounds like a very good Broadway score and I can't even imagine how much work went into it. I have only one slight This record sounds like a very good Broadway score and I can't even imagine how much work went into it. I have only one slight criticism: the political message and the found sounds are less effective than they could be because they're a little scattershot. I still gave it a 10 because the scale of achievement here is so far beyond that of a typical pop record.… Full Review »
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