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9.0
4927
9.0 |
Clash
The thinking-man’s pop album of the year and the perfect soundtrack to the witching hour. Bordering on genius.
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8.0
4930
8.0 |
Observer Music Monthly
It's the best pop album about beating depression since 1983's Soul Mining by The The. Buy now, and avoid the winter rush for Prozac.
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8.0
4926
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
A complex and intriguing record you'll want to keep coming back to.
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6.0
4931
6.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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6.0
4924
6.0 |
musicOMH
It's probably not a coincidence that there's a song called Nothing on this album; if it were a map, there would be no contours.
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6.0
4925
6.0 |
The Guardian
Turning the Mind heralds a new Maps sound. In come synthesisers for guitars; there are nods to the dancefloor, angrier lyrics about ""cocaine fury""
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5.0
4928
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Chapman seems to have no real sense of direction for this album, and thus the end result is wholly unfulfilling.
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5.0
6423
5.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
There’s the odd good idea, but Turning the Mind on the whole lacks the kind of inspiration that good music of it’s type requires
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4.8
6176
4.8 |
Pitchfork
...as Chapman tries to be therapeutic from the psychologist's couch instead of the mixing board, this shift on Turning puts him behind not just nu-gaze all-stars like M83 and the Big Pink, but also role players like Telefon Tel Aviv and Ulrich Schnauss
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4.0
4929
4.0 |
NME
Despite the odd catchy moment … you’re left thinking that those yodelling fucking elf-botherers Sigur Ros have got a lot to answer for.
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