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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings

  • Summary: The fourth full-length release for the husband and wife duo of Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley was written while on a five-month sailing trip.
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Modern Woman
Kate, I'm so afraid you'll hate me I think I might have made it true There's no need to implicate me You would never want the proof All I want is... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Mar 13, 2017
    80
    As musically un-diverse as it may be, how cynical and jaded you would have to be to take against it. Tennis’ music is not intended to push at vanguards, but to make you happy.
  2. Mar 9, 2017
    80
    The revamping of style and substance on Yours Conditionally is also something special, helping it to become the best record they've made so far.
  3. Mar 9, 2017
    76
    The tone is certainly slow dances at twilight, but given a shimmer by the understated elegance of Moore’s voice, something that has always sound fragile but defiant at the same time.
  4. Mar 9, 2017
    70
    While the album is largely content to reside in familiar, unchallenging territory, however, it is also a lean and well-crafted set of pop songs with more bite than it lets on.
  5. Mar 10, 2017
    70
    They've returned with a refocused sound closer to '70s singer-songwriter fare from Carole King and Fleetwood Mac, a sound that supports Moore's thoughtful lyrics.
  6. Uncut
    Mar 9, 2017
    70
    This self-produced fourth still has many charms. [Apr 2017, p.39]
  7. Mar 10, 2017
    58
    Even with some outstanding singles, the album as a whole finds the group somewhere between its comfort zone and a confident next step, with many of the songs bleeding forgettably into one another.

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  1. Apr 15, 2017
    8
    Lovely album from Tennis. My only beef is that their live show is so much more energetic and the songs much more powerful. Several gems --Lovely album from Tennis. My only beef is that their live show is so much more energetic and the songs much more powerful. Several gems -- In the Morning I'll be Better, Fields of Blue, Modern Woman among the best. Expand