AMG Review of La De Da

Andrew Leahey
All Music Guide

After achieving his commercial breakthrough with 2003's Truthfully Truthfully, Joel Plaskett left Canada and temporarily resettled in Arizona, where he recorded this follow-up effort with help from Ian McGettigan and Jon Rauhouse. La De Da is essentially a solo album, though, featuring a track list that ranges from intimate folk ballads to lush, laid-back roots rock.