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9.0
135592
9.0 |
XS Noize
Semonstrates the evolution of The Streets both lyrically and musically
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8.0
135594
8.0 |
Mojo
Skinner's grown-up musings are more twisty and cryptic than his rascally early work, but no less incisive or well-wrought. Inimitable, humane, flawed, it's good to have him back. Print edition only
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8.0
135589
8.0 |
DIY
It has a sense of drama and occasion to it
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8.0
135591
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
His distinctive delivery can certainly sound like self-parody but it’s also challenging
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8.0
135633
8.0 |
All Music
Overall, it feels less like a comeback and more like the latest chapter in the ongoing saga Skinner has been spinning since 2002
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6.8
135800
6.8 |
Spectrum Culture
The first new proper Streets album since 2011 is reasonably sharp, but still feels like a missed chance to do more than just morbidly wonder about their own unchanging state of being
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6.0
135646
6.0 |
Pitchfork
The gloomy new album from British rapper, DJ, and now filmmaker Mike Skinner echoes but doesn’t equal the narrative force of the Streets’ classic material
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6.0
135588
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The record isn’t a patch on his very best stuff, but compare Original Pirate Material to the work of the vast majority of artists and they’ll come up short. For every eye rolling moment, there are more than enough to make you glad The Streets are back
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6.0
135597
6.0 |
Dork
The music doesn’t always match the scale of ambition but it finds Mike Skinner firmly back in the storytelling groove which is always a good place to be
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6.0
135604
6.0 |
NME
Ambitious, clever commentary on the club experience, but lacking the incisive punch of his earlier songwriting
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5.0
135590
5.0 |
musicOMH
The soundtrack album to Mike Skinner’s movie of the same name sounds both reassuringly familiar and unlike anything he’s done before
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