Mojo (Publisher) (p.70) - "[The songs] sounded like folk that had just come back from an eye-opening trip East along the hippy trail. Bob Dylan counted himself a fan."57.03293
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Mojo (Publisher) (6/01, p.153) - "...With half a dozen cracking tunes, excellent harmonies and a liberal sprinkling of harpsichords and harmoniums....Teh Incredible String Band clearly had an impact on their debut..."0.7086258
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.73) - "Incredible String Band founder Palmer decamped to Cornwall to apply a muted, mystically medieval sensibility to songs about love and loss."0.7086258
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Uncut (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 - "The album] sounds wonderfully cosy throughout. There are optimistic nods to The Beatles and The Incredible String Band and more electric guitar than usual..."0.6200476
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Dirty Linen (p.66) - "[P]rimarily acoustic and pastoral, owing more to the Incredible String Band and John Martyn than Steeleye Span.....STRONG IN THE SUN took a decidedly more rock 'n' roll approach..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[P]leasingly pastoral and whimsical..."0.5314693
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Uncut (p.113) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he selections...show how British folk was not only a force in its own right but connected to soul, funk, even dub."Record Collector (magazine) (p.105) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he music is folk-based, intelligent and imaginatively performed. As an introduction to that era of music it is quite superb..."0.1939139
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Entertainment Weekly (p.59) - "[With a] trove of unreleased material, some of it -- three tunes from folkie Bert Sommer, the Grateful Dead's beatific 'Dark Star' -- truly breathtaking." -- Grade: BDirty Linen (p.48) - "You get it all: Some of the best bands of the 60s, the rantings of Abbie Hoffman, the rain chants, the announcements...outlining all of the fun..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The first real previously-unheard gems come when Tim Hardin wrenches a fragile 'Hang On To A Dream' from his doomed soul, before a rousing 'Sing A Simple Song Of Freedom'..."Uncut (magazine) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Space is awarded to Quill, Sweetwater and Mountain, recognising perhaps that this was an even as much about the little guys as it was the stars."0.1385099
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Rolling Stone (p.62) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "THE KING OF LIMBS lingers in states of emotional and physical in-between-ness -- blooming, diving, flirting, floating, falling....Taking the plunge into the band's mysteries is one of rock's true pleasures."Entertainment Weekly (p.73) - "Thom Yorke's vocals, usually a wild counterpoint to the band' hyper-controlled rhythms, are especially abstract and supple." -- Grade: BAlternative Press (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "There's just incredible depth to THE KING OF LIMBS, and if you're impatient, you'll miss it."The Wire (p.62) - "'Codex' is a post-traumatic ballad, its lushly decaying piano chords, disconsolate horns and aphasic vocals resonating with cryptic affect."CMJ - "Thom Yorke's signature delicate floating falsetto is the primary vocal method....The vocals are used mostly as another tonal instrument to add to the soundscape-style songs..."Clash (magazine) - "Piano ballad 'Codex' is the standout song, slow and insistent in pace with a smattering of brass and strings..."Record Collector (magazine) (pp.94-96) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "KING OF LIMBS is a conglomerate work, part soundtrack, part reverb and part voice/rhythms....'Lotus Flower''s distinct shuffle is certainly worthy of single status."0.1586289
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Rolling Stone (p.62) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "THE KING OF LIMBS lingers in states of emotional and physical in-between-ness -- blooming, diving, flirting, floating, falling....Taking the plunge into the band's mysteries is one of rock's true pleasures."Rolling Stone (p.68) - Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "This was a record that grew all year -- in your room, and onstage."Entertainment Weekly (p.73) - "Thom Yorke's vocals, usually a wild counterpoint to the band' hyper-controlled rhythms, are especially abstract and supple." -- Grade: BAlternative Press (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "There's just incredible depth to THE KING OF LIMBS, and if you're impatient, you'll miss it."Magnet (p.39) - Ranked #12 in Magnet's '20 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "KING OF LIMBS' eight songs are ghost stories from inside the machine."The Wire (p.62) - "'Codex' is a post-traumatic ballad, its lushly decaying piano chords, disconsolate horns and aphasic vocals resonating with cryptic affect."CMJ - "Thom Yorke's signature delicate floating falsetto is the primary vocal method....The vocals are used mostly as another tonal instrument to add to the soundscape-style songs..."Clash (magazine) - "Piano ballad 'Codex' is the standout song, slow and insistent in pace with a smattering of brass and strings..."Record Collector (magazine) (pp.94-96) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "KING OF LIMBS is a conglomerate work, part soundtrack, part reverb and part voice/rhythms....'Lotus Flower''s distinct shuffle is certainly worthy of single status."Uncut (magazine) (p.34) - Ranked #7 in Uncut's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "[A] suite of eight limber, nagging songs whose organic and electronic origins became more blurred than ever."0.1269031
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Dirty Linen (p.64) - "The 15 songs on this album...were never released and represent the duo's broad repertoire of Cajun, country, blues, pop, and gospel music."Living Blues (p.77) - "[E]xuberant, rowdy, rambunctious, and most succinctly, just plain old fun."Mojo (Publisher) (p.106) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[V]igorous 1960s recordings...[with] the rural hoedown music of 'Hen Cackle' and 'Whoa Mule'."8.287196
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Living Blues (p.36) - "[T]hey trade lead vocals, harmonize casually, and swap instruments: guitar, banjo, mandolin, and occasional harmonica, kazoo and fife."8.287196
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