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10.0
14330
10.0 |
The Independent
Despite the wide-ranging cast, there's a pleasing homogeneity about the album, which throughout bears the ambient creep'n'crawl of static, scratch and hiss that was Linkous's sonic signature
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9.0
14412
9.0 |
Clash
Amongst the army of incredible contributors, all unified by melancholic production drawn from the ether of another age, David Lynch’s star shimmers brightest
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9.0
14904
9.0 |
Rave Magazine
It’s a shame music industry machinations kept this album from being released in Linkous and Chesnutt’s time
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8.0
15014
8.0 |
PopMatters
Assembles an all-star roster of artists to interpret material by a man whose immense gifts were accompanied and/or saddled by a reputation as a troubled artist
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8.0
15198
8.0 |
The Quietus
There's not a bad song here, though admittedly some would be less bewitching without the accomplished and assured trip-hoppy production
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8.0
15623
8.0 |
FasterLouder
Most of the pieces introduce themselves with welcome familiarity, others are quietly surprising, but the common thread is a desire to contemplate a burdened existence
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8.0
14321
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Highlights include Burton/Linkous songs delivered with threat and promise by the likes of Flaming Lips, Julian Casablancas, Iggy Pop, Vic Chesnutt (also RIP), and Suzanne Vega
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8.0
14529
8.0 |
Blurt
Although it rarely gets particularly heavy, even with the sympathetic strings, airy static bleeps and swells of orchestral harmony, this is a dark album about lonely people searching for connection
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8.0
14530
8.0 |
Eye Weekly
As far as final albums go, this is both a worthy ending and remarkable entry point for new Sparklehorse fans. Just be glad the thing came out at all
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8.0
14706
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Sparklehorse bringing the songwriting genius, and Danger Mouse the production, and the details - the watery sounds, the effects, the atmosphere
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8.0
14894
8.0 |
The Scotsman
In the aftermath of these tragedies, it is tempting to regard the album title as a portent and to infer a retrospective anguish which isn't really there in the music
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8.0
14338
8.0 |
The Guardian
It's hard to hear Chesnutt's goofy Grim Augury or writer-producer Linkous stepping into the vocal booth for the sublime Daddy's Gone without mourning the loss of two gigantic talents
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Fly
It’s the spooky David Lynch-penned title track which makes you feel that, somewhere, the dead are still with you, watching, listening, waiting.
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8.0
13923
8.0 |
The Skinny
A feverish journey, by turns Dark Night Of The Soul is a sombre and dizzyingly eclectic collection
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8.0
13938
8.0 |
Mojo
A surprise on several levels. Despite its piecemeal, spontaneous conception, it feels very solid. Print edition only
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8.0
14138
8.0 |
The Observer
After having been leaked last year, this official release now serves as a fine and apt tribute
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7.4
14187
7.4 |
Pitchfork
A well-sequenced and unique album that ingeniously balances its contributors' strengths with the overall theme of the work
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7.0
14269
7.0 |
NME
Print edition only
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7.0
14286
7.0 |
BBC
It’s a complex, winding late-night soundtrack that doesn’t move too fast, but never stops to question the judgement of its own unique outsider logic
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7.0
14625
7.0 |
musicOMH
Dark Night Of The Soul certainly has its moments, but in spite of the sequencing it sounds like a collection of songs rather than a singular body of work
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6.0
14188
6.0 |
Uncut
In the final reckoning, Dark Night Of The Soul will probably be remembered more for the stunt with the blank CD-Rs than for the music intended to be burnt onto them
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6.0
14399
6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
The genres – slow blues, downtempo balladry, gnarly alt-rock – are subtle twists on what the contributors do already, but Lynch's echo-laden turn is a real eyebrow-raise
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