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Innerspeaker

Tame Impala

Innerspeaker

Debut album from Perth, Australia psych-rock band

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7.5

Label
Republic of Music
UK Release date
23/08/2010
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  1. 8.7 |   Beats Per Minute

    Every song on Innerspeaker can be appreciated as a reflection on the drifting transformations of latter-twentieth-century classic rock, from the Beatles to Bear Quartet
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  2. 8.5 |   Pitchfork

    This is very much an album's album - it sounds best as a piece, where you can get lost in its heady expanse
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  3. 8.5 |   FasterLouder

    Obvious influences like Pink Floyd, Cream are heard throughout Innerspeaker but there are nods to more contemporary bands like Tortoise, High Llamas and Flaming Lips
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  4. 8.5 |   BBC

    Tame Impala display an intuitive feel for psychedelia’s insurgent streak and joy in non-conformity that’s far in excess of their peers
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  5. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    A dreamily enjoyable debut
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  6. 8.0 |   Uncut

    A delicious album: groovy, imaginative and whole. Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   Q

    When they peak ... the band break through the upper stratosphere. Print edition only

  8. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  9. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    An album that combines hazy stoner pop, swirling guitartronica and a heavy retro backbeat
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  10. 8.0 |   Bowlegs

    So far this is the psychedelic record of the year, and it might end up being a whole lot more
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  11. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    This is melodic psychedelia; and it works as much in 2010 as it did in 1967
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  12. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Tame Impala have managed to craft something that will simply engulf you – as long as it’s given half a chance
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  13. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Innerspeaker won't rewrite the history books or reinvent the wheel, but at the same time it serves its purpose as a shining example of the fact that having a nostalgic outlook needn't necessarily be deemed a negative course of action
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  14. 7.0 |   NME

    Innerspeaker is not so much an album to listen to as one to inhale
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  15. 7.0 |   Rave Magazine

    For all its noodly pot dream potential, Innerspeaker is a quite exceptional pop record
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  16. 6.0 |   State

    There is not one second of originality
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  17. 4.0 |   The Fly

    In a maze of riffs, the ability to construct memorable melodies has been completely lost
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