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The Secret Migration

by Mercury Rev

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2000's

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1,498
2005

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Overall Rating: 2.6806 The Secret Migration is ranked overall as 2.6806 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.8900 The Secret Migration has an avg. critic score of 2.8900 out of 4 stars

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The Guardian

There's great beauty here, but, as with The Secret Migration's horrid sleeve, the sense that things have been pared down slightly too far suggests Mercury Rev still suffer from an inability to tell indulgence and exploration apart. ...more

Delusions of Adequacy

If there’s any fault with this album, it’s the predictability in the songs: there are no hidden surprises, lacking any real breathtaking shifts or unexpected twists waiting to throw the unwary listener off-guard. ...more

Tiny Mix Tapes

Those who like Mercury Rev like them a lot; so while The Secret Migration doesn't happen to migrate into new territory, they are the type of band that could go on making the same album forever and we wouldn't care. ...more

PopMatters

The difference here is that Mercury Rev have paired down the fringes, allowing the bizarre to slip through the sieve. Only the songs remain. And what gorgeous songs about love and optimism they are. ...more

Rolling Stone

The Secret Migration seethes with life and loveliness, building on the beauty of Dream and 1998's Deserter's Songs but steering clear of the dark overtones on those albums. ...more

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Dusted Magazine

Ultimately, nobody's likely to claim The Secret Migration as a great album, I'm afraid. But it possesses energy and inspiration that its predecessor greatly lacked, and even the weaker songs here have something to recommend. ...more

ShakingThrough.net

The Secret Migration is a beautiful-sounding record, but Deserter's Songs managed to sound spectacular and still work in adventurous detours. ...more

Dot Music

As with previous LPs, “The Secret Migration” works as a set-piece but, with the strings kept on a tighter leash and the production less fulsome, it’s easier to notice the details. ...more

Rolling Stone

The timing is excellent for Mercury Rev to make one of their best albums yet. Since the release of this Catskills-based group's 2001 albumAll Is Dream, friends and kindred souls like the Flaming Lips and Grandaddy have nurtured growing interest ...more

Neumu.net

In stripping things back Mercury Rev suggest that in their case more actually was more, that bereft of the digressions and expansions they're just another band with a nasal, naïve-sounding singer, a way with a hook and a penchant for using the studio as ...more

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