Rilo KileyBest Rilo Kiley Albums Ranked

Take Offs and Landings

pastemagazine

8.2

“The Los Angeles band's debut studio album may not be their best, but it deserves as much recognition as their classic releases. At its core, Take Offs and Landings is a record about stubbornly striving to have stability while being clueless on how to find it, not knowing what you're doing or who you are yet.”

Rilo Kiley

pitchfork

8.0

“The indie band’s remarkably self-assured 1999 debut showed them already in possession of the wry, morbid sensibility that would define them.”

The Execution of All Things

pitchfork

7.5

“It's always great to hear a band known for their so-so records suddenly make one where everything clicks. Rilo Kiley's self-titled debut was catchy and smart, but erratic; the follow-up, last year's *Take Offs and Landings*, came off as languid and lazily paced, with undistinguished writing. Now the L.A. quartet has recorded an album for Omaha, Nebraska's Saddle Creek-- home to Bright Eyes and The”

Rkives

pitchfork

7.4

“The rarities set rkives is a full-sounding collection that reads like a long-lost Rilo Kiley album from the early-2000s, a fact that will satisfy the many fans maddened by their late-career stab at the mainstream, Under the Blacklight.”

More Adventurous

pitchfork

6.7

“Former Saddle Creek indie-pop quartet makes the leap to Warner's new Brute/Beaute subsidiary, and issues this more refined effort with notably higher production values.”

Under the Blacklight

pitchfork

5.1

“Rilo Kiley return, now on a major label and boasting a sound polished like so many discotheque mirrors. It's all in good fun until you delve into the lyrics and discover that fun may be in bad faith.”