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Here's To Being Here
by Jason Collett


8.5

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Idols Of Exile

Jason Collett @ Arts & Crafts

The fourth solo album for the Broken Social Scene member includes appearances by Liam O'Neil, Tony Scherr, and Andrew Whiteman.

LABEL:	Arts & Crafts
RELEASE DATE:	05 February 2008
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Rock, Indie

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The Onion (A.V. Club)

Here's To Being Here is the best kind of homage, a folk-gospel-blues mash-up that sounds like it could be The Velvet Underground's critically adored long-lost country record, if such a thing existed.

Under The Radar

Collett's persona never feels like an act or a put-on, he's the real deal. [Winter 2008, p.81]

PopMatters

Thoroughly mature, endlessly melodic, and superbly crafted, Here’s to Being Here is a joyful noise.

NOW Magazine

There’s good understated playing throughout, strong songwriting and a casual, immediate feel that comes from recording an entire album in six days.

Slant Magazine

Even though the album's production aims for and achieves a vintage AM radio sound, Collett's willingness to subvert the conventions of songwriters like Dylan or Kristofferson makes Here a definitively modern record and perhaps the first of Collett's solo albums to sound like a real classic.

Pitchfork

This mannered, understated virtuosity permeates Collett's music, just like it did the Band's.

Spin

Collett achieves both scope and cohesion on these tenderly twanging tunes, making his way assuredly through slow-burning swoons ("Henry's Song"), nimble boogies ("Charlyn, Angel of Kensington"), and back-porch laments ("No Redemption Song").

All Music Guide

High-pitched coos gatecrash the song's chorus like they've just been kicked out of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil," and a harmonized keyboard solo injects a bit of the Steve Miller Band into an otherwise minimalist, Southern-styled slow jam. Such unexpected moves seem to be a new thing for Collett, and they combine to make this his strongest solo effort yet.

Rolling Stone

Here's to Being Here, is full of smart touches--some harmonica here, a laser-beam synth line there.

The average user rating for this album is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

John S. gave it a9:
With the exception of a few standout tracks (ie. Roll on Oblivion) this album took a few listens for me to get into. Now I can't stop listening to it. This is an excellent album that shows a lot of progression from his last.

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Here's To Being Here by Jason Collett

Here's To Being Here
by Jason Collett