“Dearest Everybody is, despite its seemingly simple presentation, a work born of deep insight…polished and tight, filled with rich, gentle harmonies, melodic hooks, subtle but illustrative textures, and glorious images that find their way inside the listener to create a seemingly private conversation.” -Allmusic

“With her steady, crystalline voice, the only voice heard, George sounds like the still center of a swirling one-woman musical…told in an unmistakably American idiom fusing Broadway and Tin Pan Alley and Copland, spotlighting Inara George as a sophisticated new voice and confirming Van Dyke Parks, at 68, as an inexhaustibly vital national treasure.” - Pitchfork

“For Accidental Experimental, Inara laces her beautiful songs with a mixture of baroque pop, experimental folk, and romantic balladry that fans of both her solo work and band efforts will immediately find familiar and essential.” -KCRW

“Since her voice is clear and lovely, the songs are tuneful without being flashy, and the production is quiet, subtly layered, George makes All Rise seem easy, and it's only when the record is over that it dawns on you what a rich, rewarding album it is.” -Allmusic