Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The A.V. Club | B+ |
| Drowned in Sound | |
| The Guardian | |
| Mojo | |
| New York Times | (positive) |
| NME | |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.7/10) |
| PopMatters | |
| Stylus Magazine | (B) |
Reviews have been largely positive with Pitchfork Media labeling The Stage Names "Okkervil River's most emotionally devastating record yet, and without doubt one of the year's best" and placing it at #22 in their list of the best albums of 2007. The Stage Names has a Metacritic rating of 82. The album debuted at number 62 on the Billboard 200 with 10,000 copies sold. Harp Magazine listed the CD as the best of 2007 and the UK's now-defunct Teletext music magazine Planet Sound listed the album at #6 in their best albums of 2007. "Our Life is not a Movie or Maybe" was #81 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.
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