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O

by Damien Rice

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2003

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Overall Rating: 3.1026 O is ranked overall as 3.1026 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.0708 O has an avg. critic score of 3.0708 out of 4 stars

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The Guardian

Rice's personality and deft songwriting hoist him above the mass of bedsit mumblers. ...more

PopMatters

With O, Rice has brought something new to the singer/songwriter genre: an accomplished sense of dramatics that keeps his music from ever becoming earthbound. ...more

ShakingThrough.net

A gifted, natural performer, Rice has had little problem connecting with audiences, filling O's quiet stretches with a likeable persona developed from his previous life busking on the streets of Europe. ...more

Uncut

Anyone who spots the DFA production credit and brings their assumptions to this party is in for something of a surprise. Automato have nothing to do with punk-funk revisionism, and rather share the spirit of leftfield hip hop imprint Definitive Jux. ...more

Junkmedia

At times, Rice definitely over-emotes, leaving behind any sense of subtlety in his delivery. But at his best, on songs like "Volcano" and "The Blower's Daughter", he hits upon a perfect blend of warmth and expansiveness. ...more

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Rolling Stone

Songs that, for all their quietness, leave a dark, lasting impression. ...more

Fazed

By now its a familiar formula: repentant former indie rocker goes solo by going pomo singer-songwriter (see Elliot Smith, Jesse Malin, Ed Hartcourt). Damien Rice has this stuff down coldlush, theatrical emo-folk that recalls Jeff Buckley, ...more

Stylus Magazine

And so it is/Just like you said it would beâ goes the opening line to the best song on Damien Riceâs debut album,O, âThe Blowerâs Daughter.â Fittingly, the song isnotexactly what youâd expect from a singer-songwriter ...more

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