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10.0
11113
10.0 |
Rave Magazine
Organic while being electronic-based and ambitious without being wanky, Ellipse is a benchmark in contemporary album craft
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8.0
1275
8.0 |
The Guardian
Ellipse is questing and musically inventive, using electronics as its foundation, but fleshing out the bleeps and clicks
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8.0
1279
8.0 |
The Observer
The symphonic wash of these compositions could be dismissed as background music, but her inventive writing and varied voice demand otherwise.
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7.0
1281
7.0 |
PopMatters
The album closes with “Half Life”, a song that sounds nearly a cappella with its very quiet piano in the background. Heap sings this in a higher range than her usual style, and it’s nice to hear what her voice can do in this context. Now and then strings peek out, gently accenting the soaring vocals. A fitting close for an album of such quiet elegance
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6.0
1282
6.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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6.0
1278
6.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
Has been knocking on the door for 11 years, but there is no sign of her breaking it down with this innocuously pleasant concoction.
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6.0
1276
6.0 |
musicOMH
If you're a fan of her previous work, or even just like some good old-fashioned, earnestly well-crafted songs, then this is an honourable addition to the genre.
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4.0
1277
4.0 |
The Scotsman
The contrary results ... continue to exhibit a preference for ambience over melody which is easier to admire than to like.
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4.0
1280
4.0 |
The Independent
Clever but unmoving, an unsatisfactory situation for an art so obsessively concerned with emotion.
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