Summary from 6 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Papa M’s catalog across 7 albums from 6 opinions, with an overall average of 7.5/10. The top-rated Papa M album is Whatever, Mortal (2001) with a 8.6/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Hole of Burning Alms and A Broke Moon Rises. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2001 to 2024.
Whatever, Mortal
“Contrary to popular wisdom, you can teach an old dog new tricks. The real problem arises when the old dog becomes so wrapped up in his new tricks that he forgets all the old ones. The miserable thing winds up spending so much time showing off its incredible new talent that it forgets to do the simple things-- like eat out of a bowl and not shit on the rug. Hopeless and frustrated, you find yoursel”
One - EP
“In his 22nd year of music-making, Dave Pajo rules your whole family, holmes. He can do li'l wrong: the man had Drag City release his own farthing (in their catalog as DC170-COIN). What instrument can this Robotussin messiah not play? What ice-warm and bed-cold tone can he not engineer? What album bears his prints that isn't wondrous? (Okay, besides the Zwan one?) Listening to Pajo-related projects”
Ballads of Harry Houdini
“Papa M is David Pajo, a spotlight-shy figure who also releases under his own name and Aerial M. Since his seminal Slint days, Pajo has become a cult hero of left-field guitar with a long-running side hustle as a star sub. His highest-profile gigs include Billy Corgan’s Zwan (2001-3), the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2009) and Interpol (2010); he is now filling in for the late Andy Gill in Gang of Four. Mental”