Regions of Light and Sound of God

Jim James - Regions of Light and Sound of God
Critic Score
Based on 24 reviews
2013 Ratings: #530 / 1115
User Score
Based on 53 ratings
2013 Rank: #248
Liked by 2 people
February 5, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
ATO / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

83
Paste

As easy as the record is to listen to, discerning a complete tale from the songs proves to be much more challenging, but in the most fun way possible.

80
No Ripcord

Although it seems clear that he is an artist in control, and an artist who pays attention to the process and structure of his music, there is something about these songs that seems distinctly relaxed and … groovy.

80
Consequence of Sound

Over the course of nine songs, James crafts an album that’s equal parts weighed down by loneliness and lifted up with hope, sometimes distant and other times fully engaged. 

80
The 405

You can delve as deep into My Morning Jacket's back catalogue or James' subconscious demoing and you won't find anything that's as centred and consistent in its themes as this record.

78
Pitchfork

While addressing the same themes he's been tweaking for more than a decade now, James adds a new trick to his ever-expanding repertoire

70
Drowned in Sound

Overall, Regions Of Light And Sound Of God is a good rather than great album, lacking some of the spine-tingling dynamics of My Morning Jacket but delivering a consistent vision than many of their efforts.

70
DIY

When you put out an album containing just nine tracks there's no place to hide, and everything here has its rightful place.

70
Under the Radar

Regions of Light and Sound of God is a laid-back affair, hardly the max-effort of some Jacket jams, and one can feel James really enjoying himself.

70
NME

Fans alienated by My Morning Jacket’s more recent material will find plenty of comfort here. 

60
PopMatters

Sometimes James seems to get lost in the mythology of his own album, letting the general atmosphere and sense of wonder take precedence over the songs and arrangements. 

60
musicOMH

It adds up to a more than decent effort compared to most of James’s contemporaries then, but still the same old nagging doubts of a great talent somehow unfulfilled.

58
A.V. Club

If anything, Regions Of Light And Sound Of God resembles what a Radiohead album recorded in the 1920s might sound like. 

Krolig
100

Jim James это сольный проект вокалиста группы My Morning Jacket. Поговаривают, что когда в 2008 он упал со сцены в Айове, это его и вдохновило на запись своего дебютного альбома. У него было куча времени, и это альбом продуман до каждых мелочей.

cactuskai
91

Jim’s goes solo with one of the best albums of 2013.

tha138
74

Slight, southern tunes, slowly coming out of his personal canvas, deliberately lost on his psycho-dramatic paintings.

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Track List

1State Of The Art (A.E.I.O.U.)
5:17
100
2Know Til Now
6:26
90
3Dear One
3:10
94
4A New Life
4:27
87
5Exploding
2:00
88
6Of The Mother Again
3:53
89
7Actress
4:38
100
8All Is Forgiven
4:56
97
9God's Love To Deliver
3:36
100
Total Length: 38 minutes
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Added on: November 12, 2012