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10.0
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10.0 |
The Skinny
It’s not often you’ll hear of an artist making the best work of their career by their eighth album. However, with Baxter Dury's latest effort Allbarone, this couldn’t be truer
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10.0
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10.0 |
The Arts Desk
Laugh-out-loud observations with a subversive lyrical twist are Dury's stock in trade
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9.0
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9.0 |
Uncut
Things are really supercharged here by Epworth's electronic touch. It's a highly potent and undeniably successful combination. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
Same old boots, maybe, but significantly racier kecks. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Record Collector
His most compelling album in almost a decade. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It's a potent start, but Allbarone gets better, deeper, more engaging and – crucially – stranger with each track, with Dury’s half-muttered speak-song voice mutating into more and more enticingly contorted shapes with each successive track
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8.0
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8.0 |
Far Out
This is a record that wants you to dance, even through its more poignant and observant lyrics, being evidently clear on ‘Schadenfreude’
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Quietus
Arguably the rawest and truest manifestation of Baxter Dury yet
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
This record plays like his shot for glory, and with tracks as hooky and well-constructed as "Mockingjay" or the title track, there's no reason he shouldn't hit the big time
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7.8
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7.8 |
Beats Per Minute
Allbarone is the next destination for Dury as an experimental artist; he’s successfully been able to capture something new with his twist on hyperpop. The result is an intriguing effort that catapults him into the future realms of pop
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7.0
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7.0 |
Northern Transmissions
Allbarone is Baxter Dury’s most hypnotic and groovy record yet, fusing his sardonic wit with club-ready beats. Distinct, contemporary, and utterly Dury, the artist’s ninth album proves he’s far from running out of ideas
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