Critical reception
Get on Board was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic,which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications,the album received an average score of 80 based on eight reviews. [2] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 7.2 out of 10,based on five reviews. [1]
AllMusic's Thom Jurek praised the album,stating:"Mahal and Cooder stay close to the originals,but whether faithfully evoking the sound and spirit of their mentors or using them as lift-off points for expansion,this glorious album honors their subjects with joy and swagger as well as devotion". [4] George de Stefano of PopMatters declared:"whether they're being more or less faithful to the sound of Terry and McGhee or taking off from it,these two masters have made an album that honors the artists who inspired them so many years ago". [6] David Browne of Rolling Stone wrote:"what could have been a tasteful salute becomes a record that's bristlingly,viscerally alive;it's like a ride in a classic old car with long-gone shock absorbers". [8] Terry Staunton of Uncut called the album "a record that acts as both a good-humour history lesson and a rousing party-starter for future generations to discover". [9]
In his mixed review for Mojo ,James McNair concluded:"Mahal and Cooder are giving back here like so often before". [5] However,Mojo ranked the album at No. 38 on its 'The 50 Best Albums of 2022' list. [10]
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