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Rolling Stone (8/16/01, p.108) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Hinges on thick, stomp-worthy funk, luxurious soul grooves and plaintive harmonies about modern love..."Q (3/02, p.132) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Few have managed to capture the original Fugee spirit like City High..."CMJ (7/23/01, p.21) - "...A definite attempt to catch some R&B charting by adding shades of hip-hop to the mix..."Vibe (6/01, p.131) - 3 discs out of 5 - "...A mixed-gender trio of singers and rappers, suggesting a 2001 incarnation of [The Fugees]..."12.05268
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Mojo (Publisher) (3/03, p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...This debut album leaps and bounds along excitedly, with minimalist melodies underpinned by rollicking Latin percussion..."11.64205
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Alternative Press (3/95, p.58) - "...Drag City is home to many of low-fidelity rock's maestros and on this fifteen-track sampler they bestow some of their best (and most obscure) material....one of the best label comps you'll ever hear..."NME (Magazine) (10/29/94, p.46) - 8 - Excellent - "...The cheeriest thing about this compilation is that it's thoroughly listenable and witty, when one might have anticipated the...obscurity knocks approach..."11.54448
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Rolling Stone (p.119) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "With an exceptionally well-preserved voice, Macca plows through Beatles and Wings hits, plus solo gems."Q (Magazine) (p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "His voice remains clear as glass....GOOD EVENING NEW YORK CITY is proof that Paul McCartney's mojo appears fully recharged."Uncut (magazine) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t appears to be the work of a man who is growing into his role as a living legend....A good-natured celebration of McCartney's life and times."10.41044
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Option (Nov.-Dec./92, p.102) - "...forceful and driving...A tasty hard bop session from start to finish, worthy of attention from anybody who has more than 5 Blue Note releases..."10.39401
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Down Beat (p.58) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "These 13 songs by Binney are all different....The occasional front line of saxes only seems to emphasize the strengths of the writing and the playing."JazzTimes (p.62) - "[M]elodically, Binney pulls emotion out of a simple chord change with the deftness of a brainy singer-songwriter like Rufus Wainwright."10.38825
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JazzTimes (5/96, p.127) - "...[BEBOP CITY] shows him, as before, in excellent form....Goykovich basses some tunes on Slovenian folk melodies..."9.687329
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Uncut (1/04, p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Icewater's prototype 'Feel' sounds uncannily ahead of its time."9.661994
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CMJ - "The collection opens with the hauntingly mellow track 'Honey,' and as you continue to listen, you notice Dear's very distinct balance of pulsing tones and well-crafted beats."Mojo (Publisher) (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "BLACK CITY is 50 minutes of sweaty, grinding, seductive techtronica. Denser, darker and deeper than ASA BREED..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.50) - Ranked #50 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2010" -- "[B]one rattling electro funk, devastating cosmic disco and gnarled, Stygian pop."Paste (magazine) - "BLACK CITY overall is lean and upbeat, and Dear's gift for making an arrangement jump within snug confines continues to evolve..."Pitchfork (Website) - "The production is as inventive and immersive as ever, but what separates this album from the last is that Dear mostly sticks with one theme all the way through."Clash (magazine) - "It's predictably brilliant; another display of Dear's dazzling musical imagination."Uncut (magazine) (p.91) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Dear plays with his Detroit locale's musical heritage, fashioning an alluring chopped'n'screwed take on industrial pop..."9.631862
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Alternative Press (p.111) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "From the gently building guitar that signals album opener 'Gray' to the early-R.E.M.-style closer 'Hit the Ground,' GOLDEN CITY is a testament to the power of lost era of American independent music..."9.620234
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CMJ (1/5/04, p.14) - Ranked #2 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1984"9.603575
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