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9.0
18398
9.0 |
Rave Magazine
Those who know and love Ferry’s work won’t be disappointed
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8.0
17922
8.0 |
musicOMH
A rich, soulful immersive album; and a terrific return to songwriting form
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8.0
18109
8.0 |
PopMatters
An album teeming with class
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7.5
18140
7.5 |
Pitchfork
A confident and remarkably fresh-sounding record
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7.0
18160
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Lush, languorous Euro-glam ballads about love's labour's lost
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7.0
18028
7.0 |
Clash
The Godfather of cool retains his title
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7.0
18790
7.0 |
Blurt
He remains a class act, and with Olympia, he hits new heights
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7.0
17965
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
As the final shimmering shards of Olympia evaporate, it’s more than clear: Ferry’s singular vision has a lot of life left yet
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7.0
17923
7.0 |
Spin
Lusciously arranged lounge-funk workouts
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7.0
17924
7.0 |
Subba Cultcha
Bryan's voice is quite extraordinary these days, hollowed out and smoky; it's a parched whisper, infinitely subtle
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6.0
17925
6.0 |
NME
The Voice totally dominates. Print edition only
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6.0
17926
6.0 |
Uncut
The best tracks have a lightness of touch and make a virtue of the husk of Ferry's lunar croon. Print edition only
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6.0
17927
6.0 |
Mojo
His charm remains reasonably irresistible. Print edition only
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6.0
17932
6.0 |
The Guardian
Subtle disco grooves that find the singer looking for love in a looking-glass world and having his heart broken by femme fatales
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6.0
17951
6.0 |
The Independent
Pop's pre-eminent lounge lizard returns to more familiar territory after his patchy album of Dylan covers
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6.0
17969
6.0 |
Mojo
His charm remains reasonably irresistible. Print edition only
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6.0
17921
6.0 |
BBC
Ferry can only do jaded and glum nowadays – but when it works, he blissfully drags you under with him
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6.0
17959
6.0 |
Evening Standard
Not bad, Bryan — now how about another Roxy Music record?
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6.0
18769
6.0 |
The Quietus
An album that, while reasonable in every sense, is unlikely to make many returns to hi-fi or iPod. With simplification, or an inspiring lack of resources perhaps, it could have attained that vital spark
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6.0
18193
6.0 |
Eye Weekly
Olympia boasts solid dancefloor fodder by Groove Armada and airy balladry with Scissor Sisters
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6.0
18210
6.0 |
Q
Song To The Siren reminds you what Ferry's voice can do when it has a sturdy tune to wrap itself around. Print edition only
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5.0
18011
5.0 |
The Observer
An album whose ideal of sublime effortlessness is marred by the listener's forced march through a swamp of overweening sound
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5.0
17919
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Bryan Ferry has produced another album of inessential middle-of-the-road cosmopolitan adult-pop
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4.0
18003
4.0 |
Sydney Morning Herald
Olympia as elegiac pop, powered by busy rhythms and shimmering guitar textures
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4.0
18114
4.0 |
The Scotsman
Flirts with new production sounds but ultimately adheres to the sleek pop finish he's been buffing since Manifesto
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4.0
17953
4.0 |
The Irish Times
Instantly forgettable stuff from a songwriter who is surely capable of better
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