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10.0
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The Independent
Tremendous stuff
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10.0
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The Digital Fix
Album of the year. No question
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The Scotsman
This album is post-apocalyptic cabaret of the highest order
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9.5
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Prefix
If this isn't an instant classic, it's only because it takes some time (and ears) to appreciate
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9.0
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The Observer
The sound is now more confident, less frantic, adding to the album's swaggering brilliance
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9.0
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Spin
Throughout Grinderman 2., the guitars and violins pant and howl with a visceral, veteran's swagger. Late middle age has never sounded so thrilling
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Rave Magazine
Grinderman 2 stands as another triumph for Nick Cave the lyricist
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musicOMH
Hilarious and brilliant; a compliment you could pay to the entire album
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8.5
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FasterLouder
They have both expanded and refined the way they construct their music and once more Cave has shown that he is still relentlessly stalking his muse with malevolent intent
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8.3
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A.V. Club
Cave and Co. have moved further toward balancing their Grinderman skuzz with Bad Seeds sophistication
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Beats Per Minute
Every bit as filthy, dirty and fun as the first album was, but it’s perhaps just a bit less raucous
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8.1
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Pitchfork
There's a speed and intensity to Grinderman 2 unheard before
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8.0
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The Quietus
It is never less than delicious although you may feel a touch of guilt as you look back on your pleasure. Grinderman 2 is a masturbation
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8.0
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Independent on Sunday
Grinderman may have allowed themselves more room to breathe, although what they're breathing is acrid smoke of burning desire and murder most foul
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8.0
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State
Grinderman 2 is another chunk of fuzzy blues, albeit a slightly more matured fuzz
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8.0
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The Guardian
Songs rampage from garage swamp blues to psychedelic Stooges rock
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8.0
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Drowned In Sound
Grinderman is a living, breathing beast, not a side project, but a tangible band capable of sparking off in different directions
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Mojo
This raw, vivid album finds them carving out their own craggy identity. Print edition only
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Q
Where Grinderman 2 does possess a unique ace is its skilfully employed shot of psychedelia. Print edition only
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Uncut
Grinderman 2 opts for the rack over the electric chair, easing off the tempo, eking out the tension, prolonging the pain
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8.0
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BBC
Succumb happily to Grinderman’s sick skill and wonder why rebel teens don’t make dangerous, dastardly rock‘n’roll like this anymore
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8.0
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NME
The devil be praised that, rather than visiting the shrink or brothel to deal with his sexual dysfunction, the Grinderman went to the studio instead
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8.0
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PopMatters
Grinderman 2‘s true success comes in the feeling that, for all its size, the band is still holding something back
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8.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
Grinderman continues to be one hell of a liberating spectacle for all of the artists involved
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8.0
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Eye Weekly
Another example of [Cave's] relentless originality
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All Music
Full of so much adrenaline, nastiness, and rock & roll sleaze that it stands in its own league and kicks serious ass
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Consequence Of Sound
Cave and Co. play their own brand of swirling stoner rock
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No Ripcord
Guitar-driven rock meant to separate men from boys
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Tiny Mix Tapes
This is a squealing garage-rock bombshell that finds good company amid Them Crooked Vultures and P.J. Harvey and John Parish’s A Woman a Man Walked By
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The Irish Times
Grinderman 2 seems like more of a continuation than a progression for an undoubtedly compelling band
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6.0
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Bowlegs
Worth checking out, in the hope that previous peaks of artistry could one day be ascended
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6.0
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The Skinny
It’s obvious these guys are having great fun with the material; it’s just hard to see what function Grinderman serves as long as the Bad Seeds are flourishing
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