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Mayhem

Imelda May

Mayhem

Third album from Dublin-born rockabilly singer with husband Darrel Higham on guitar

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
Enhanced
UK Release date
04/10/2010
  1. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Seemingly everything turns to gold in Imelda's hands. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    One of 2010's more interesting finds
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  3. 8.0 |   State

    Her confidence is clear from the opening track
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  4. 8.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Rockabilly or just retro pop, call it what you like, Mayhem is a cracking album
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  5. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Sure, she can still play the rockabilly hellcat, but there's also the cool fingersnapping swing of the title track
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  6. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Mayhem sounds like it’s three albums on from Love Tattoo , and not its sequel. The music, the playing, the lyrics, the delivery have all gone up a gear, and May is motoring away at full spee
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  7. 8.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    Mayhem is enough to crown May the new queen of the oldest rock ’n’ roll game in town
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  8. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    The album stays unique in large part because of May herself. While the band’s tight and energetic
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  9. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    An essential listen for those who believe, as May does, in the living, breathing powers of rockabilly and the blues
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  10. 7.0 |   Blurt

    May seems destined for stardom, and given these compelling performances, she'll likely attain that stature soon
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  11. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Her third record places her rich, pouty voice inside coils of surf guitar and thumping stand-up bass
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  12. 7.0 |   BBC

    There are times when the band slides into Cochraneisms that border on pastiche, but several others when the arrangements tilt into a pleasingly undefined stylistic space and suggest that May could be more than a retro queen who can sport a quiff with style
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  13. 6.0 |   Q

    Blessed with a powerful set of lungs and a matching personality she's no mere gimmick. Print edition only


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