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The Id
by Macy Gray
ALBUM RANKINGS:
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating:
2.8338
Avg. Critic Score:
2.7860
The Id Album Reviews
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Rolling StoneGray's pipes aren't for everyone, but if you can't stomach them, I feel for you. You're missing some of the best soul on the planet. ...more
Rolling StoneMacy Gray thinks she's crazy, but I don't think so. ...more
Entertainment WeeklyThe tracks are brassy and effusive, swelling with horns, organs, and tasteful orchestration. At their best, they deflect attention from Gray's often irksome voice, which veers toward novelty more than a soul singer's should. ...more
Yahoo! MusicFreud reckoned it was that dark, inaccessible part of the psyche which gives you instinct and craves immediate satisfaction. Macy Gray believes that 'The ID' is "what you do before you think, the real you...unedited". ...more
All Music GuideMacy Gray lets her freak flag fly, almost to the detriment of everything else. ...more
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Sonicnet
Even though one can hear echoes of everything from "The Threepenny Opera" to Bitches Brew here, the funk is in her DNA....read the complete review at Sonicnet
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E! Online
Musically, the album bounces from a full-on urban polka ("Oblivion") to tracks with plenty of Apollo Showtime-style organs, horns and disco and funk elements that keep the wacky tales from sounding wack....read the complete review at E! Online
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Village Voice
The Id suffers from the conundrum of all post-breakout second albums. You're disappointed either because the songs are not enough like the first one or because they're too much like the first but not quite as good....read the complete review at Village Voice
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musicOMH.com
Macy Gray's debut album, On How Life Is was the most ubiquitous record of the year in 1999. It was the soundtrack to every party you went to, every clothes shop you browsed in, and every pub you drank in. Indeed it seems that, along with a healthy dose...read the complete review at musicOMH.com
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