Ben Harper & The Innocent CriminalsBest Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals Albums Ranked

Lifeline

rollingstone

7.0

“On paper, it reads like a self-conscious exercise in antique cool and classic-rock righteousness. Singer-guitarist-songwriter Ben Harper and his band the Innocent Criminals — guitarist Michael Ward, bassist Juan Nelson, keyboard player Jason Yates, drummer Oliver Charles and percussionist Leon Mobley — recorded the eleven songs on Lifeline, Harper’s eighth studio album, live in a […]”

Burn to Shine

pitchfork

6.0

“I read somewhere, and tend to believe as true, that there exists in music criticism a two- tier model through which all artists are judged. The first pool of artists, either newcomers rewarded for the ingenuity inherent in merely possessing a new voice on the scene-- or elders of whom we've learned to expect little more-- tend to be judged on the merits of their output's strongest songs alone. A n”

Burn to Shine

rollingstone

5.0

“Ben Harper does everything well without doing anything particularly brilliantly. On his fourth album, Burn to Shine, he works electric and acoustic guitars, often within the same song, moving from keening folk ("Alone") to propulsive rock ("Less") to churchy soul ("Show Me a Little Shame") to alt-rock’s melodic crunch ("Please Bleed"). The Southern country rock […]”