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Get Away from Me

by Nellie Mckay

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Overall Rating: 2.9563 Get Away from Me is ranked overall as 2.9563 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.0510 Get Away from Me has an avg. critic score of 3.0510 out of 4 stars

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Stylus Magazine

So ignore the Doris-Day-meets-Eminem descriptions you’re seeing; this is more like Kate Bush meets Phil Ochs. ...more

Rolling Stone

McKay mixes pathos and goofiness with egghead glee. ...more

Blender

Her coy delivery suggests a seething everywoman concealing her rage under an ominously bright surface. ...more

Rolling Stone

In Nellie McKay's cabaret, would-be show tunes mingle with rock, pop, disco, reggae, blaxploitation grooves and anything else this effusive prankster can spew out of her untethered imagination. Comparisons to fellow music-school dropout Norah Jones ...more

PopMatters

McKay runs the risk of stalling out at "adorably wacky" instead of actually meaning anything at all, or rewarding multiple listens with something more. ...more

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All Music Guide

Get Away From Me is an exciting debut that could become a cult favorite among pissed-off girl-women of McKay's age; if she can focus her creative energy without sacrificing any of the bite of her debut, she'll become an even more impressive talent. ...more

ShakingThrough.net

There's no mistaking McKay's talent as a songwriter, even if, as on "The Dog Song," she still falls too easily prey to cloying preciousness. ...more

Pitchfork

With better lyrics and a longer attention span, McKay would be a jaw-dropping songwriter, but it's difficult to get sucked into a song if you don't connect with the singer. ...more

Pitch Fork Media

Nellie McKay is awful because she's cute-- gratingly cute, the cutest drama chick in high school, just 19 years old and already writing sharper tunes than, well, most girls her age who write pop songs. Then there's that 1950s-era kitsch cover photo ...more

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