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82

Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

  • Summary: Released last year in Japan and internationally in 2021, the seventh full-length release for the Japanese singer-songwriter was written as a soundtrack to a fictional film.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Nov 22, 2021
    88
    Windswept Adan is a landscape, an aquatic world to be lost within, and one from which you’ll scarcely want to emerge.
  2. Nov 22, 2021
    80
    On Windswept Adan, Aoba expands her repertoire of sound and brings collaborators into her vision, yet she still holds on to the wistful imagination that allows her to dream up private universes.
  3. Uncut
    Nov 22, 2021
    80
    Exquisitely crafted, lightly experimental chamber-folk album. [Jan 2022, p.21]
  4. Mojo
    Nov 22, 2021
    80
    Aoba's hushed voice makes for an immersive meld of indie-folk, classical and jazz. [Jan 2022, p.91]
  5. Nov 22, 2021
    78
    This record holds up on its own terms, and it’s pretty enough to do well on anyone else’s.
  6. Dec 13, 2021
    60
    From Prologue, with its deep drone, wash of waves and circling, priestessly choral voices to the closing Adan no Shima no Tanjyosai and its sparsely plucked guitar and elegiac strings and flute, the album casts a still, soothing spell.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Dec 17, 2021
    9
    Very nice overall. I love to just sit back and listen with my eyes clothes. It's a bit of a magical experience.
  2. Dec 13, 2021
    9
    this album is so beautiful, soft voice, phenomenal instrumentals, melodies, lyrics... i feel in a field full of flowers all around, clean air,this album is so beautiful, soft voice, phenomenal instrumentals, melodies, lyrics... i feel in a field full of flowers all around, clean air, friendly people, peace and love! These among other millions of things I feel when I'm listening to this album, I feel connected to nature. Expand
  3. Dec 17, 2021
    8
    Great when I want to relax and lose myself in the music. The sound is ethereal, calming, and just very soothing.
  4. Dec 10, 2021
    6
    a landscape, an aquatic world to be lost within, and one from which you’ll scarcely want to emerge.j