The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You
by Neko Case
  • Record Label: Anti
  • Release Date: Sep 3, 2013
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 36 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. The Independent (UK)
    Aug 30, 2013
    60
    Not an easy listen, but a satisfying one.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Sep 10, 2013
    50
    An album of songs that seem to be about love and loss but never quite connect emotionally, almost as though Case is so wrapped up in seeming ladylike that she never really remembers to let go.

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#45 Best Album of 2013

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User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 38 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 38
  3. Negative: 2 out of 38
  1. PieceofMine
    Sep 5, 2013
    9
    This is easily her most sonically inaccessible album since 2002's Blacklisted, and maybe even more esoteric than that. The experimentation,This is easily her most sonically inaccessible album since 2002's Blacklisted, and maybe even more esoteric than that. The experimentation, however, is a necessary approach to keep the woman from being known only for her voice; she may, more than most singer-songwriters, need to rely on her song writing abilities more and more as she enters a more established, veteran phase of her career.

    The experimentation is also necessitated by the subject matter loss, resilience, complex reconciliation with angry feelings toward the past and comes off as her most novelistic (as well as autobiographical) effort in a catalog of visually robust songs. The voice, now legendary, serves as the listener's constant, a endlessly flexible yet always familiar entity that guides us through the ponderous, suffocating darkness in the middle of the album and toward the brilliant, rolling light in "Ragtime."    … Full Review »
  2. adhamhany
    Dec 24, 2013
    6
    A good album. Nothing amazing though. I do, however, enjoy the "Ragtime" track. The music is very uplifting. It's a clever move to put thatA good album. Nothing amazing though. I do, however, enjoy the "Ragtime" track. The music is very uplifting. It's a clever move to put that track at the end of the album.… Full Review »
  3. indiegalaxy10
    Sep 3, 2013
    8
    There's a positive change in her music, but her new sounds atmospheric and the rich textures are amazing. Her return is excellent not theThere's a positive change in her music, but her new sounds atmospheric and the rich textures are amazing. Her return is excellent not the best, but she is still a great artist.… Full Review »
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