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Rolling Stone (3/30/00, p.68) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...[It] delivers up-tempo rump shakers and rugged-yet-refined bounce tracks....[His] ability to expose his soft side without losing his hard edge is what distinguishes him from his contemporaries."Spin (4/00, pp.191-2) - 6 out of 10 - "...Daddy comes with beats harder hitting and more textural than most Miami wig-outs, rapping with authoritative detail about the down and desperate of Liberty City....if Miami need roughneck redemption, this should more than win it."Vibe (3/00, pp.201-2) - "...packs an improved, more confident rhyme style and production that's both innovative and ear-catching....Trick Daddy's ability to fuse his southern sound foundation with musical elements more often associated with other regions...makes [this album] sparkle..."The Source (3/00, pp.244-6) - 3.5 mics out of 5 - "...Nearly every MC on BOOK OF THUGS comes off....complimenting the staggering Swizz Beatz-like production....[Trick Daddy] continues to add classic chapters to the book of Miami rap."21.50499
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Option (Sept.-Oct./92, p.122) - "..mixes songs, poems from WWI-era union papers, and stories from Phillips's life into a quintessential performance.."21.50437
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Magnet (p.88) - "[I]ts brooding mood-country brings to mind new-moon Yosemite campfires more than bright Santa Monica sunlight. The largely low-key and heartsick HEARTS could easily serve as the score to an old Hollywood Western."No Depression (p.118) - "On HEARTS, the nimble veteran quartet continues to defy genres and styles, creating a patchwork of memorable songs that buzz, jangle, and slither all over the map."17.26816
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Uncut (p.95) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[N]ovelistic prog-folk epics...are rich and rousing affairs, willfully cryptic but strangely moving."17.26693
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Uncut (magazine) (p.109) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] repeatedly surprising brew of delicate sound collages, soaring guitars and a decidedly modern take on old-school British progressive music."17.26693
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Magnet (p.100) - "Carey Mercer burbles, titters and whispers his way through songs in much the same manner as the bard of spazz, Captain Beefheart."CMJ (p.6) - "[O]ne of the weirdest, most wonderful records of the year."17.26569
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The Wire (pp.106-107) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Album opener 'A to the K' features Ak's favorite sports metaphors over a menacing beat and may be close to the most perfect thing the Boston MC has ever touched."0.5285785
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Rolling Stone (p.105) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Mastermind John Roderick packs an endearing, nuanced indie-boy voice and a bucketload of bittersweet pop-rock melodies."Spin (p.80) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A]ddictive listening, especially when the soaring choruses -- and intuitive insights -- click."Entertainment Weekly (p.69) - "Long Winters frontman John Roderick has a flair for undercutting his hopeless romanticism with stinging self-awareness." -- Grade: B+Magnet (p.100) - "[I]ts share of Varnaline-like acoustic strummers and Minus 5-style pop songs remains as clever as ever."No Depression (p.137) - "These ten new songs are catchy tunes, packed with jangling alt-pop hooks, meaty guitar fills and big harmony vocals..."0.2716058
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Rolling Stone (6/1/95, p.62) - "...A listen to....EGYPTIAN RAI gives you an idea why [Led Zeppelin] hooked up with a Cairo belly-dancing orchestra in the first place. Loud, fast, hardhitting and trippy, Ramzy and the group are the Middle Eastern equivalent of classic guitar rock..."JazzTimes (7-8/95, p.109) - "...a diverse outpouring of traditional and cross-pollinated Middle Eastern music that demonstrates the adaptability of the Algerian-spawned rai movement, a rebellious musical strain that embraces street-wise expression..."Option (7-8/95, pp.131-133) - "...Ramzy's hand-drum leads the group with intricate rhythmic patterns, and while the arrangements rely on traditional instrumentation (violin, oud, bamboo flute, etc.), you can easily hear some well-integrated innovations; various cuts offer accordion, saxophone, and some genuinely jazzy trumpet lines..."0.232805
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The Wire (p.67) - "Passages Torn likes are loped, stuttered and layered....Bravo to Torn for getting his hands dirty."Down Beat (p.62) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Some pieces are gloriously robotic, the most colorful drum-'n'-bass tracks ever recorded. Others are contagiously claustrophobic -- pressurized beats and jittery rhythms attacking from all sides."0.232805
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Uncut (p.104) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[I]ntriguing, endearing and, given time, surprisingly addictive."Magnet (p.100) - "Akron/Family is John Brown's body, the ghost of Tom Joad and the art-school spirit of Andy Warhol crammed into one ornate, mossy mausoleum."The Wire (p.41) - Included in The Wire's "2005 Rewind: 50 Records Of The Year."The Wire (p.53) - "[T]his disc is brimful of quiet and felicitous touches."Mojo (Publisher) (p.106) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] gorgeously melancholic synth ballads, white noise workouts, and fractures, lo-fi chamber pop."0.2174428
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The Wire (p.54) - "Ersen's collected recordings range through driven, psychedelic sax, saz and guitar blowouts, 60s beat pop with Doors/Procol Harum organ, and some indisputably odd moments..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The mix includes a bunch of funk with the likes of Dostlar Beni Hatirlasin, all proving Ersen one of the more eclectic from an already wildly eclectic scene."0.1940041
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Dirty Linen (p.74) - "While the Indian and Pakistani songs still dominate, the album is infused with subtle shades of fado, Saharan African blues, and jazz....This album, one that transcends cultures and eras, is Ahluwalia's best yet."0.1940041
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.91) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[This is] dirty, sleep-deprived arrhythmic scrabble-techno made by musician Nigel Truswell..."0.1940041
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The Wire (p.72) - "'Korogly' serves as a perfect coda to this anthology's variegated pleasures: a dombra duet snaking around hairpin curves, tumultuous, sufficiently impassioned as to seem nearly unhinged..."Dirty Linen (p.52) - "The strongest musical impression is made by the powerful vocalists, many of whom are extremely dramatic."0.1630821
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