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Mojo (Publisher) (p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[I]nspired, spirited and feisty..."0.158261
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he closest to a bona fide folk record The Memory Band have yet made, its songs built from acoustic guitars, accordions, strings, harmoniums and massed, unison vocals..."Uncut (magazine) (p.97) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he collective effortlessly conjures the quietly cosmic pastoralisms of Britfolk's Golden Age..."0.259159
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Spin (p.77) - "Keren Ann's languid orchestral pop is suffused with equal parts Parisian lounge, Golden Age of Hollywood, and polished folk song. The atmosphere is pillowy..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.84) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Delicately spiced vignettes such as 'All The Beautiful Girls' and 'You Were On Fire,' all camouflaged strings and unobtrusive keyboard washes, create a dreamy atmosphere..."Uncut (magazine) (p.85) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[F]inale '101' is a melodramatic list-countdown that's apocalyptically bold."0.2073272
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Golden Platitudes,' which laments New Labour's failures, is delivered with great conviction."Mojo (Publisher) (p.56) - Ranked #14 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2010" -- "[T]he studio album had an unashamedly populist agenda: big choruses, guitar-hero solos."Pitchfork (Website) - "It's packed with soaring string arrangements, massive choruses, guitar pyrotechnics, guest spots, and a gospel choir that shows up on four tracks. It's big, colorful, and determined in a way this band has pretty much perfected."Clash (magazine) - "[T]his is an unashamedly pop record and its chutzpah is staggering. Gospel choirs, soaring strings and choruses you could use as landmarks in a blizzard make for an astonishing listen."Record Collector (magazine) (p.85) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here's a sense of chaos that's delightful, displaying a variety and playfulness lacking in -- but not necessarily to the detriment of -- earlier work."Uncut (magazine) (p.93) - 4 stars out of 5-- "[T]he band remain human underneath the sturm and band and always make sure that, in among the fire and thunder, there are songs, and emotion and, as ever, extraordinary lyrics."Uncut (magazine) (p.36) - Ranked #19 in Uncut's "The 50 Best Albums of 2010" -- "[A] confident return to the stadium triumphs of EVERYTHING MUST GO..."0.1820682
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.107) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] set of miniatures with roots in the sounds of '50s suburbia..."Clash (magazine) (p.105) - "As a soundtrack the stately horns and strings work perfectly with the screenplay..."0.1812078
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Spin (p.87) - "[With] blurry harmonies, soft acoustic instrumentation buoyed by generous synth strings, and a bright white ambience..."CMJ - "'Let Go' is easy pop perfection. Album opener 'My Life' is a plaintive cover of the Lil Wayne classic that is tinged with both an unabashed love of hip-hop and Scandinavian irony."Billboard - "[The album] confidently flirts between globetrotting indie and '80s adult contemporary...[And] lacks nothing in the way of lush synth-scapes, embracing Balearic beat with a childlike exuberance that simply can't be helped."Mojo (Publisher) (p.97) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] restful, even romantic experience....This is an enigmatic little jewel..."Paste (magazine) (p.70) - "Emotionally, the album is as melancholy as the music makes it sound....There's plenty of pleasant stuff to sink one's ears into..."Clash (magazine) - "As delicate as it is intricate, inventive singer Elin Kastlander's fragility is close enough to touch..."Uncut (magazine) (p.91) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Kastlander's voice is a sumptuous swoon, whether grazing the pumped-up 'And Now' or the foil for piano on 'My Life'."0.1681523
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Q (Magazine) (p.109) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] a rhapsodizing emotional soup redolent of My Chemical Romance...tangible enough to prompt a cult following."0.1675975
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Rolling Stone (6/11/98, p.116) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...replaces the skintight band of that solo breakthrough [TIGERLILY} with a shifting cast of players, reaching out to include brass and strings. Yet like the debut, OPHELIA devotes itself to...the unstructured luxury of Merchant's sound..."Rolling Stone (6/11/98, p.116) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...replaces the skintight band of that solo breakthrough [TIGERLILY} with a shifting cast of players, reaching out to include brass and strings. Yet like the debut, OPHELIA devotes itself to...the unstructured luxury of Merchant's sound..."Entertainment Weekly (5/29/98, pp.72-73) - "...OPHELIA is more affluently produced, her swoons and sighs accompanied by layers of church-service organs, dashes of world-music vocalizing and Daniel Lanois' guitar....Other than Bruce Springsteen's GHOST OF TOM JOAD, it's hard to recall a pop album in recent memory that's been so relentlessly somber..." - Rating: BEntertainment Weekly (5/29/98, pp.72-73) - "...OPHELIA is more affluently produced, her swoons and sighs accompanied by layers of church-service organs, dashes of world-music vocalizing and Daniel Lanois' guitar....Other than Bruce Springsteen's GHOST OF TOM JOAD, it's hard to recall a pop album in recent memory that's been so relentlessly somber..." - Rating: B0.166451
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Rolling Stone (6/11/98, p.116) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...replaces the skintight band of that solo breakthrough [TIGERLILY} with a shifting cast of players, reaching out to include brass and strings. Yet like the debut, OPHELIA devotes itself to...the unstructured luxury of Merchant's sound..."Rolling Stone (6/11/98, p.116) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...replaces the skintight band of that solo breakthrough [TIGERLILY} with a shifting cast of players, reaching out to include brass and strings. Yet like the debut, OPHELIA devotes itself to...the unstructured luxury of Merchant's sound..."Entertainment Weekly (5/29/98, pp.72-73) - "...OPHELIA is more affluently produced, her swoons and sighs accompanied by layers of church-service organs, dashes of world-music vocalizing and Daniel Lanois' guitar....Other than Bruce Springsteen's GHOST OF TOM JOAD, it's hard to recall a pop album in recent memory that's been so relentlessly somber..." - Rating: BEntertainment Weekly (5/29/98, pp.72-73) - "...OPHELIA is more affluently produced, her swoons and sighs accompanied by layers of church-service organs, dashes of world-music vocalizing and Daniel Lanois' guitar....Other than Bruce Springsteen's GHOST OF TOM JOAD, it's hard to recall a pop album in recent memory that's been so relentlessly somber..." - Rating: B0.166451
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Rolling Stone (p.78) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Think of this SMILE as Wilson's first solo album, with those voices as golden brush strokes....There is delight and confidence in Wilson's exchanges with his studio crew."Billboard (p.40) - "THE SMILE SESSIONS captures Wilson, session musicians and the Beach Boys in moments that are chaotic, loopy and remarkably in synch. It's a consistently brilliant album."0.1555058
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Entertainment Weekly (p.85) - "[H]er rueful observations and dark-around-the-edges voice, combined with a preponderance of luxuriant strings and vibes, recall the heyday of Burt Bacharach." - Grade: BQ (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[F]ull of sweetly painful, adult-sounding love songs. A luminously retro production by Richard Hawley completes the picture."Uncut (p.101) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Moran exhibits gorgeously gauged soul and shrewdness..."CMJ (p.6) - "[A] lush and gorgeously arranged collection of rainy pop songs."Mojo (Publisher) (p.110) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Moran boasts a voice as pure and resonant as Eva Cassidy, but being able to couple that voice with her remarkable songwriting skills makes her significantly more intriguing."0.1515286
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Spin (p.78) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Germano's wooziest and most ethereal yet, a haunted swirl of shimmering strings, breathy vocals, and warped-mirror piano."Magnet (p.96) - "The words still wound, but never fatally, and for all her pain, the melodies have never sounded prettier or her voice more vulnerable."CMJ (p.5) - "Lisa Germano's lush and beautifully composed 10th release comes from a daring place where fears are faced and the past is revisited."No Depression (p.126) - "[S]he takes familiar materials -- piano, violin and guitar are her primary instruments -- and fashions them into striking tableaux, crafted on a small scale."Mojo (Publisher) (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]orch-lit lullabies and beguiling faery-tale whispers that wield both a wistful poignancy and raw emotional undertow."0.1515286
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