My Spanish Dad

In the press

• 3 July 2001 · Rolling Stone (German edition) · Reviews

  Jackie Leven – The Creatures Of Light And Darkness

  Leven as a “hounded Iron John and king of the restless”: a calm, coherently produced album with more detached lyrics, including memories of his late father (“My Spanish Dad”, “Rainy Day Bergen Women”) and “Exit Wounds” with a quotation from Elizabeth I. Praise for the songwriting, mockery of “art poser” David Thomas…

• 21 August 2001 · Glåmdalen (Kongsvinger) · Reviews

  Opphengt i det blå

  Mixed review: after his comeback Leven discharged ten years of pent-up writing in albums, singles and EPs, somewhere between Van Morrison and a “Celtic Henry Rollins”.