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Ys

by Joanna Newsom

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2000's

of 265,332

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2006

of 33,756

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Overall Rating: 3.5486 Ys is ranked overall as 3.5486 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.3876 Ys has an avg. critic score of 3.3876 out of 4 stars

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PopMatters

For my money, Newsom has demonstrated more nuance, depth of feeling, and originality than a hundred bedazzling pop divas. ...more

Stylus Magazine

While Ys is ridiculously overwritten, over-performed and self-contained, her fables always sublimate into the hot fog of real emotions just before they calcify. ...more

All Music Guide

Yes, Ys is a demanding listen, but it's also a rewarding and inspiring one. ...more

Entertainment Weekly

There is still something unsettlingly Renaissance fair-meets-Wind in the Willows about her music, yet something lovely lives there as well

Rolling Stone

Hard to stomach

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Slant Magazine

The album is a precious--in every sense of the word--masterpiece....read the complete review at Slant Magazine

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cokemachineglow

If you give it a chance (or maybe even a dozen chances, if you can stand it), and don't immediately dismiss it because it's by Joanna, I’m sure you’ll find something to love....read the complete review at cokemachineglow

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NOW Magazine

Unfortunately, the grand concept appears to have been a bit too ambitious for the 24-year-old Newsom and her associates to pull off, since what she plucks and sings in her little-girl-lost warble never seems entirely integrated with the hovering...read the complete review at NOW Magazine

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