Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- "The strapping, clear-headed coherence of 'Four Winds' is echoed throughout the album....At long last his star is born.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "With remarkable love songs....Oberst shows he can still tell us something by communing with himself.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "CASSADAGA is an album to warm souls, rally minds and break hearts in equal measure.", "Musically, it's his richest album yet, full of Nashville twang and Branson brassiness. And lyrically, the itinerant-traveler conceit is intriguing..." -- Grade: B, "With sweeping string sections almost reminiscent of Smashing Pumpkins, psychedelic pop structures, political protest poetics and dusty country production....His most opulent work yet.", 4 Stars Out of 5 -- "Oberst's Countryish Genre Studies Have Deepened with a Very Adult Loneliness.", "He offers some of the most polished country-folk of his 14-year career. His lyrical acuity is in tact...", Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Top Albums of the Year 2007" -- "Oberst's loose, memorable tunes and lyrics about crises both personal and global are consistently engaging...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "With ambitious string arrangements and swinging instrumentation that echo great '70s works by Joe Cocker and Elton John.", Ranked #23 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2007" -- "Conor Oberst has made his most assured album to date..."
