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Side Show

The Burns Unit

Side Show

Album from a mainly Scottish collective of musicians including Karine Polwart, Kenny Anderson (King Creosote) and former Delgados singer Emma Pollock

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7.9

Label
Proper
UK Release date
02/08/2010
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  1. 10.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Something that is more than just your ordinary run of the mill album. Sideshow is more than you could ever imagine
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  2. 8.5 |   BBC

    Excellently conceived, brilliantly executed and splendidly presented, Side Show is a little wonder that’s considerably more than the sum of its admittedly excellent parts
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  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    An engaging album. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   The Independent

    The tone is signalled by the Creosote/Polwart duet "Since We've Fallen Out", an unflinching expression of a collapsed relationship
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  5. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    This is an impressive, entertaining album, not just because of the unlikely array of musicians involved, but because of the quality of the songs...Every song is different, but this sounds like the work of a band with its own identity
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  6. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    An album of great depth and astounding breadth, traipsing through English language chanson, hip-hop, folk and pop with surprising consistency
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  7. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    It is to be hoped that more will be forthcoming, from this wise, musicianly, warm and truthful bunch
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  8. 7.0 |   Subba Cultcha

    A promising start and proof that 'super-groups' can sometimes be just that
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