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10.0
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NME
With their eighth album, Shirley Manson’s gang channel a more optimistic outlook, and display some of their most profound songwriting to date
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9.0
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9.0 |
Clash
Manson and the band have created something profound — a record about pain, survival, and the beauty that can emerge from broken places. It doesn’t just prove the old saying about suffering and art — it makes it sound like a revelation
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8.0
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8.0 |
Under The Radar
Garbage haven’t mellowed but they have evolved. And in doing so, they’ve delivered one of the most emotionally powerful records of their career. In a time of chaos, perhaps the most subversive act is to believe in people
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8.0
141386
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Garbage grasps the fact that existence in such a complex world can actually be reduced to a simple choice between loving and hating. Here is your soundtrack to that world, perhaps unsurprisingly it rocks righteously
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8.0
141383
8.0 |
Uncut
Even when the sonic mood broods on "Radical", the optimistic sentiments (quoted in the album title) reflect a creative force in rude force. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
We get bouquets as well as barbed-wire. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
Another fantastic 2020s offering from this masterful quartet, further solidifying their place as alt-rock royalty
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8.0
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8.0 |
PopMatters
Garbage’s new LP is driven by a message above all, and there are some truly exquisite moments in which music and lyrics merge and soar even in the face of social collapse
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7.0
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7.0 |
musicOMH
The band still have their best qualities intact – no-nonsense music and, in Shirley Manson, a vocalist on great form
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7.0
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7.0 |
Far Out
There’s so much packed into Let All That We Imagine that it would be easy to feel overwhelmed
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6.4
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Pitchfork
The alt-rock veterans’ eighth album lacks the bite of their 2021 LP; despite typically expert production, the songwriting is noncommittal—though Shirley Manson remains a fierce, commanding presence
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6.0
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Kerrang!
While not quite the box of delights Garbage shook at us last time, there’s persistent allure in the mating of cavernous soundscapes with Shirley’s penetratingly icy vocals. It’s more than enough to keep this most distinctive of outfits in the alt.rock fast lane
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6.0
141385
6.0 |
Record Collector
These 10 tracks will undoubtedly please longterm fans, even if there's little here that doesn't revisit already well-trodden ground. Print edition only
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