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Losing Sleep

Edwyn Collins

Losing Sleep

First album since his remarkable recovery from illness from the indie legend and former Orange Juice frontman

ADM rating[?]

7.8

Label
Heavenly
UK Release date
27/09/2010
US Release date
22/03/2011
  1. 10.0 |   The Fly

    It’s no exaggeration to call ‘Losing Sleep’ Edwyn Collins’ career masterpiece
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  2. 10.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    It’s incredibly moving, but also, hands down, the most uplifting guitar-pop album of the year
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  3. 10.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    Hands down, the most uplifting guitar-pop album of the year
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  4. 8.5 |   The Quietus

    It's an album that's hard not to feel a good deal of affection for, stroke or no stroke
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  5. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Songwriters in their fourth decade of recording rarely sound so fresh
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  6. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    Losing Sleep is a triumph, all the more so for being untainted by self-pity or bitterness
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  7. 8.0 |   Uncut

    A great record, period
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  8. 8.0 |   Q

    Can he still make music? ... After Herculean efforts of rehabilitation, he can. Print edition only

  9. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Robust, soul-searching and insanely danceable. Print edition only

  10. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    12 tracks of elegant and aching soul-pop sucker-punches that make up Losing Sleep demand your thought
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  11. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    [A] spirited collection of retro pop tunes
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  12. 8.0 |   NME

    He's made one of the best British albums of the year
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  13. 8.0 |   BBC

    These 12 tracks have an irrepressible energy that is all Collins’ own, reflecting his twin loves of punk and northern soul
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  14. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Losing Sleep is absolutely infectious, with highlight moments constantly shifting as the album sinks in with successive listen
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  15. 8.0 |   FasterLouder

    Losing Sleep ultimately serves as both a suggestion that we must never take our loved ones for granted, as they can slip away in the blink of an eye, but also an uplifting and life-affirming ode to living firmly in the present and embracing the things that are right in front of us
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  16. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    One of the most uplifting releases in recent memory
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  17. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    With or without the context of Edwyn Collins' life over the last five years, Losing Sleep is a brilliant record
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  18. 8.0 |   Scotland on Sunday

    Edwyn Collins has never sounded more certain about anything than he does on these 12 songs
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  19. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    A stridently impressive piece of work
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  20. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The sound of a midlife panic attack when it's informed by a near-death experience and a bone-deep love of old R&B 45s
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  21. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    There'll be nothing else in 2010 more deserving of your credit card details than this. Welcome back, Sir
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  22. 7.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    He is at his best when left alone to get on with it
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  23. 7.0 |   Pitchfork

    It's sad, yes, to consider all he's gone through, but that sadness is ameliorated by what's come out the other side
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  24. 6.0 |   The List

    A strong start and well-chosen cast of collaborators
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  25. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    His ordeal is reflected in absorbing lyrics full of references to loss of dignity and self-doubt, particularly on the Ryan Jarman co-write What Is My Role?
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  26. 6.0 |   The Independent

    The Motown dynamism of "Losing Sleep" and rousing optimism of "Over The Hill" confirm that Collins actually requires no help at all to create fresh pop classics of his own
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