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Rome

Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi

Rome

Collaboration between producer Danger Mouse and Italian film-score composer Luppi includes contributions from Jack White and Norah Jones

ADM rating[?]

7.3

Label
EMI
UK Release date
16/05/2011
US Release date
17/05/2011
  1. 10.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    All good, no bad, and never ugly
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  2. 10.0 |   God Is In The TV

    As cinematic a record as you are ever likely to hear, this is pop in its purest and most all-encompassing form
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  3. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    With a little imagination and patience, Rome is a very fun place to be
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  4. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Rome is snappy, beautifully crafted and, from soup to nuts, hugely enjoyable
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  5. 8.0 |   Q

    Hollywood-calibre turns from White and Jones. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   DIY

    It’s a pretty consistent piece of work
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  7. 8.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    Redolent of easy listening but with all flabbiness removed and replaced by a modern warmth and elegance
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  8. 8.0 |   Clash

    Morricone would be proud
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  9. 8.0 |   Clash

    A sophisticated and evocative album - nostalgic in inspiration, but thoroughly modern
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  10. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Jack White brings a nice air of subtle derangement to proceedings
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  11. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    Rome is far from being pastiche or an exercise in recreating the sounds of yesteryear. Burton and Luppi have taken a template and used it as a foundation to evolve a sound and mood that stands up to scrutiny on its own terms
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  12. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    Nostalgia really isn't what it used to be
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  13. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Unquestionably, it is beautifully done. Print edition only

  14. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    Italian equivalent of the Buena Vista Social Club
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  15. 8.0 |   NME

    Entrancing and gorgeously out-of-step album
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  16. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    It has all the components of a classic and makes for the perfect soundtrack to inject something wonderful into a dull day. Richly rewarding
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  17. 8.0 |   The Independent

    A short but perfectly-formed portal to a different state of musical mind
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  18. 7.9 |   Beats Per Minute

    Danger Mouse has hinted at the possibility of turning the record into a film or a large-scale concert, which is probably where it belongs, with added visuals to the cinematic scope of the project
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  19. 7.0 |   Pitchfork

    It's purely gorgeous
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  20. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    More vocal tracks would be nice, but Rome is as much about sublime instrumentals ... as lead singers
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  21. 7.0 |   BBC

    Far from merely retreading the past, mercifully, the fiercely analogue results take on a sophisticated dimension of their own
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  22. 7.0 |   The Fly

    A beautiful body of songs
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  23. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    Rome is cinematic without being overwrought, its sound evocative of a certain vintage while still firmly rooted in the present
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  24. 7.0 |   Spin

    Rome has the undeniably high-end vibe of an A-lister's lark
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  25. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    A fantastic album in its own right
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  26. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    A fulfilling concoction
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  27. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    The most ambitious album of the year
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  28. 6.7 |   A.V. Club

    The record has all the crisp conciseness of a Danger Mouse production—but they might have created a better story than a record
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  29. 6.5 |   Bowlegs

    The record has numerous, generously lush highlights. The overall effect being that of a blockbuster that never was
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  30. 6.5 |   State

    Not an album to set the world alight then, but one that certainly makes it a more pleasant place
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  31. 6.0 |   Slant Magazine

    While it's difficult to imagine there being a large demand for this kind of music, it's impressive how little the producers and performers behind Rome seem to care
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  32. 6.0 |   The Observer

    The album lacks the eccentricities that enliven the music of Ennio Morricone, who casts a long shadow over this project
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  33. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  34. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    It whets the appetite for what Burton will do with the group next in his sights as producer – U2
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  35. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    The whole exercise ultimately seems a bit pointless and leaves Danger Mouse looking more a dilettante than a genuine auteur. Nonetheless, Rome remains an occasionally breathtaking pastiche
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  36. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    A heady atmosphere is brewed by the many lush instrumentals, as well as the White's edgy contributions
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  37. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    [Luppi] and Danger Mouse clearly are creatively simpatico, but hopefully their next joint venture will be more satisfying than Rome
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Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi: Rome

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  • 1. Theme Of ''Rome'' N/A
  • 2. The Rose With The Broken Neck (feat. Jack White) N/A
  • 3. Morning Fog (Interlude) N/A
  • 4. Season's Trees (feat. Norah Jones) N/A
  • 5. Her Hollow Ways (Interlude) N/A
  • 6. Roman Blue N/A
  • 7. Two Against One (feat. Jack White) N/A
  • 8. The Gambling Priest N/A
  • 9. The World (Interlude) N/A
  • 10. Black (feat. Norah Jones) N/A
  • 11. The Matador Has Fallen N/A
  • 12. Morning Fog N/A
  • 13. Problem Queen (feat. Norah Jones) N/A
  • 14. Her Hollow Ways N/A
  • 15. The World (feat. Jack White) N/A
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