Northern Passages

The Sadies - Northern Passages
Critic Score
Based on 9 reviews
2017 Ratings: #400 / 940
User Score
Based on 22 ratings
February 10, 2017 / Release Date
LP / Format
Yep Roc / Label
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64

The Sadies’ most recent album offers up some instantly familiar roots rock, comforting in its sturdiness and utterly solid songwriting — and an enjoyable Kurt Vile feature. It’s a fine line, however, between familiarly solid and blandly boring; and while I wouldn’t call The Sadies bland, per se, this is not the most fascinating record. It sounds like the mid-career record that it is — perfectly fine quality control, but very few flashes of inspiration necessary to ... read more

JTP2
90

Great Canadian band encompassing several genres.

VinylHound83
87

Riverview Fog - 7/10
Another Season Again - 8/10
There Are No Words - 8/10
It's Easy (Like Walking) (feat. Kurt Vile) - 10/10
The Elements Song - 9/10
Through Strange Eyes - 9/10
God Bless the Infidels - 10/10
The Good Years - 9/10
As Above, So Below - 9/10
Questions I've Never Asked - 8/10
The Noise Museum - not rated instrumental (do enjoy it)

Overall Rating: 87 out of 100 = 87%

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Track List

  1. Riverview Fog
  2. Another Season Again
  3. There Are No Words
  4. It's Easy (Like Walking) (feat. Kurt Vile)
  5. The Elements Song
  6. Through Strange Eyes
  7. God Bless the Infidels
  8. The Good Years
  9. As Above, So Below
  10. Questions I've Never Asked
  11. The Noise Museum
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Added on: November 4, 2016