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9.0
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musicOMH
Delicate tension, bass-driven grooves and danceable beats all feature on the thirteenth album from Manchester post-punk survivors
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8.0
137225
8.0 |
Mojo
Here they're presented as a crisp, razor-edged groove unit, with not a milligram of flab aboard. either instrumentally or melodically. Print edition only
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8.0
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The Quietus
Peering out from the shadow cast by their Band on the Wall contemporaries Joy Division and The Fall, their thirteenth album It All Comes Down To This is their strongest since 1982’s Sextet
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8.0
137229
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The Arts Desk
This set would have been released six months ago if Jez Kerr hadn’t broken his pelvis and fractured a hip
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7.5
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Spin
Nearly a half-century into their run, A Certain Ratio have plenty to teach but remain eager to learn—and, above all, to keep the party going
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7.0
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PopMatters
A Certain Ratio find inspiration in their past work and the music that initially inspired them to create art that exists quite nicely in 2024
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7.0
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Uncut
The band's first full-length project with prolific writer-producer dan Carey mostly stays within familiar punk-funk parameters, but is generally an infectiously kinetic, richly detailed, timeless affair. Print edition only
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Clash
For all their recent productivity and renaissance, A Certain Ratio are no closer to their zeitgeist moment. But with output as strong as this sitting alongside their back catalogue, they are all the stronger for it
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