Z (studio album) by My Morning Jacket

From VictorVale 01/28/2023 15:20

Grande álbum! Merece muito mais reconhecimento!

This is an album that goes very under appreciated in terms of the quality that is on display. There are a lot of incredible songs on here, that have a lot of depth and some great instrumentation. They also provide their own spin on the music and so it makes for a very unique listen. I love the lyrics and vocal as well which both just add to the quality of the whole record. It really does get better with every listen and you keep finding new things to love when you revisit this release. However, there are a few issues and one is the lack of diversity in terms of song style which makes you want something new by the end of the record. Also, I do think the second half is a little weaker than the first. Overall, this album is very enjoyable and one that doesn't get the credit it deserves.

I think I need help getting this album. It hasn't clicked for me.

Great flowing rhythms, melodies, harmonies. Jim James voice is pure gold. Fantastic album right through.

From StefanR10 12/30/2020 17:54

I liked MMJ from the first time i heard it by American Dad it was great.

Masterpiece

From Charade 10/19/2019 00:57

At least on first listen, an album that seemed to get better and better as it went on. I really liked the back half of it.

I didn’t quite “get” this album when I first heard it in college. I get it now. It’s a masterpiece and one of the best albums of the 2000s. Reminds me of a whiskey-soaked Radiohead.

To be honest, it gets worse with every listen you take, but it still carries a variety of arena rock and psych rock with it, that makes for a pretty good album.

From buzzdainer 11/05/2016 17:45

My Morning Jacket is about as close as one gets to a true twenty-first century arena rock band that I actually like. Of course, that's because these Louisville, Kentucky, natives are so much more than mere Skynyrd or Van Halen knockoffs. Even though their live performances include the light shows, smoke machines, and flying hair reminiscent of a seventies Live-at-Budokan cliché, Jim James and company actually seem to have something to say. "Off the Record," for instance, is a clever play on words that refers both to the duplicitous nature of politics and to the choices artists must make when deciding what material to make public. Z is just a great throwback rock and roll album.