| Heart Like a River | ||||
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| Released | February 22, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | August 2003 – April 2004 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, Indie folk, Baroque pop, Acoustic, Dream pop | |||
| Label | Polyvinyl Records | |||
| Producer | Warren Defever and Ida | |||
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Heart Like a River is the 6th studio album by American indie rock duo Ida, released in 2005 on Polyvinyl Records.
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (71/100) [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (favorable) [3] |
| LAS Magazine | (9/10) [4] |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.4/10) [5] |
| PopMatters | (8/10) [6] |
| Trouser Press | (favorable) [7] |
Critical reception for Heart Like a River varied from mildly favorable to very favorable, but all agreed that it was of a piece with their previous work. [2] [6] The album "...brings serene harmonies to songs about longtime love as well as romances that don't go so smoothly," according to Jon Pareles, writing in The New York Times . [8]
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