The Way The Wind Blows
by A Hawk and a Hacksaw
  • Record Label: Leaf
  • Release Date: Oct 17, 2006
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13

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  1. Gifthorse
    Nov 5, 2006
    10
    I don't rate music very often, but this album is genius. The compositions have a timeless folk quality that would lend themselves to a wide variety of occasions, helped by the wide variety of acoustic instruments that they are played with. You can imagine hearing this music at weddings, funerals, wherever human emotion is at the forefront of proceedings.
  2. leiris
    Nov 26, 2006
    8
    Pretty good stuff here. Even more enjoyable than his previous two.

Awards & Rankings

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#72 Best Album of 2006
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#69 Most Shared Album of 2006

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Prefix Magazine
    80
    Another stellar song collection.
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  2. Dusted Magazine
    70
    The potency of AHAAH's genres of choice are both the album’s difficulty and strength; if you aren’t partial to Balkan brass, klezmer or mariachi, abandon all hope of sticking this one out.
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  3. Uncut
    80
    Vivid, diverse and faintly trippy. [Nov 2006, p.99]
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