• Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Release Date: Mar 18, 2022
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Mojo
    Mar 18, 2022
    80
    Mehldau takes the listener on a memorable musical journey. [May 2022, p.92]
  2. Mar 18, 2022
    80
    Hardcore proggers may be a shade perplexed by Mehldau’s use of their heroes’ hits, and though preacherly Christianity is discreet, it’s certainly in earshot. But it’s possible just to relish a unique contemporary musician’s ingenious mingling of a traditional and contemporary sound palette, with plenty of characteristically freewheeling jazz detours on the way.
  3. Mar 18, 2022
    70
    Whether Jacob’s Ladder successfully reaches listeners, however, will ultimately depend on an open-minded response to the various instrumental and vocal components.
  4. Mar 18, 2022
    70
    Although Jacob's Ladder is one of the more idiosyncratic albums in Mehldau's discography, there's enough sophisticated and delicately rendered piano work here to appeal to his longtime fans.
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  1. Mar 27, 2022
    10
    Nearly Perfect!! , I give it a 9.9 for two places it was off. Thank You for the brain candy.