Z (2005) Album Review

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Music critics combined give Z a score of 3.2972 out of 4

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Music critics combined give Z a score of 4 out of 4

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Featured Reviews:

Stylus Magazine

Last time they were a vast unbroken vista, the night sky stretched out with reverb, Jim James gulping air and echo as if he were going to fill all that space with just his lungs. Read more about Z on Stylus Magazine

Entertainment Weekly

They evoke the musical essence of various titans while achieving a wholly distinctive sound of their own

All Music Guide

Z is intuitive, intensely creative, classicist-minded, nearly flawless. Read more about Z on All Music Guide

Stylus Magazine

It's hard to argue with any album that possesses the virtues Z does: James' voice, one of the most astonishing instruments in rock; a band who, turnover notwithstanding, play like they've been doing this for decades; a sense of delight that often eludes young men with guitars; and songs that let you use the descriptor “rocks” without fear or sh Read more about Z on Stylus Magazine

Rolling Stone

There is an emphasis on keyboards, in pulse and architecture, that adds buoyancy and color to James' writing and flatters his keening, stratospheric tenor. Read more about Z on Rolling Stone

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