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8.5
11418
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
There is so much to like here. The tracks and production are sublime, the vocals a swathe of dreamy harmony, and the moments where the record soars into a chorus,
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8.0
11791
8.0 |
Clash
JJ continue to gather a pace and ‘No.3’ will surely propel them further into hearts and minds
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8.0
11822
8.0 |
The Times
No. 3 isn’t so much a successor as a continuation of jj’s ongoing tapestry of autumnal ennui
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8.0
10020
8.0 |
Spin
... a bright white ambience suggesting both sunny Balearic beaches and blinding Scandinavian snowstorms. Yet its emotions are conversely vivid
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8.0
11548
8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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8.0
11568
8.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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8.0
11582
8.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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7.0
11683
7.0 |
NME
Print edition only
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7.0
10297
7.0 |
Under The Radar
jj nº 2 had a lot going for it, and this follow-up is cut from the same cloth-intimate and effortless
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6.0
11444
6.0 |
The Skinny
The odd injection of adrenaline could easily have elevated this from merely a good record to something far greate
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6.0
11496
6.0 |
The List
The songs on JJ No 3 are, in general, shadows (or perhaps just over-familiar siblings) of their forebears
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6.0
12209
6.0 |
The Quietus
It is a significantly less cool album than its predecessor, dropping the Knife-ish electronics and the knowing, sexy vocal lilts that scored them a tour with The xx
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5.4
10270
5.4 |
Pitchfork
jj n° 3 is uniformly worse than its predecessor and a curious step down for the group
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5.0
11693
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Puffed up with an assortment of psychoactives, it lies semi-stupefied and mumbles incoherently for most of its duration
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5.0
11749
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
From track three, jj n°3 turns sadly forgettable. There appears to be no effort put into it, no attempt made to make the songs truly appealing
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5.0
10019
5.0 |
PopMatters
They succeed, but with far fewer memorable tunes. Most of jj n° 3 feels slight and underwritten
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4.0
11861
4.0 |
The Fly
Flabby, repetitive and tackily-adorned, which, despite its opening track, abandons their crunk ingenuity to focus on shoehorning in as many cheap, glitzy samples and washed out lyrics about the beach as possible
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4.0
11902
4.0 |
musicOMH
This may have worked better as an EP rather than a full album. But as it is, it may prove rather too somnolent for long-term listening
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4.0
10803
4.0 |
The Irish Times
An over-reliance on hoping that a perfumed fog of sound will disguise the lack of new ideas... Best check out their debut album instead.
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