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8.0
32489
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
A guest spot for Little Dragon’s Yukimi Nagano adds spice to this unexpected feast
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8.0
32505
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Shadow is back in business
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8.0
32578
8.0 |
Mojo
Eclectic, ambitious and expertly executed. Print edition only
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7.0
32725
7.0 |
BBC
Like The Private Press, it could be one the listener returns to down the line and wonders how it didn’t initially click
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7.0
36631
7.0 |
The AU Review
The album is doubtlessly a work of art, and it should be applauded for that
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6.7
33087
6.7 |
A.V. Club
Feels inconsequential, sounding like the work of a man who has run out of ideas and is coasting along on craft
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6.0
32958
6.0 |
The Guardian
Uses longer samples and more conventional song structures to make The Less You Know, the Better feel like a genre-hopping mixtape
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6.0
32989
6.0 |
Evening Standard
An album full of inventiveness and humour
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6.0
33078
6.0 |
BBC
A heartily enjoyable trip about the genres
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6.0
32698
6.0 |
The Skinny
Tt times it’s a frustrating listen – almost every cut is a success in isolation, but the running order makes for a disjointed combination
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6.0
32723
6.0 |
PopMatters
If you liked where Shadow went on The Private Press, give this one a shot with an open heart because he returns to that sound often, expands on it in ways, and provides a pretty enjoyable collection of tunes on their own merits
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6.0
32182
6.0 |
Spin
Equal parts frustrating and admirable
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6.0
32455
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
A highly schizophrenic collection. There’s metal riffing, acoustic-tinged balladry, industrial post-apocalyptic soundscapes, floaty funk, jazzy funk, poetry excerpts...
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6.0
32510
6.0 |
The Independent
There's a pronounced shortfall of his usual joyous eclecticism here, with many pieces settling for basic repetitive sequences
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6.0
32561
6.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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6.0
34615
6.0 |
State
The finished record favours repetition over innovation and to quote the title of Shadow’s 2003 DJ mix, The Less You Know The Better is a disappointing case of diminishing returns
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6.0
34251
6.0 |
Uncut
A cautious affair. Print edition only
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5.0
32908
5.0 |
NME
Sounds like the work of a man struggling to recall his motivations for making music in the first place
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5.0
33088
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
For an artist who lets as much time pass between albums as DJ Shadow does, his ideas shouldn’t feel as undercooked as they do here
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5.0
32181
5.0 |
Entertainment.ie
What some hardcore fans may perceive as progressive and revolutionary comes across as inconsistent and disjointed
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5.0
33245
5.0 |
Prefix
What's it all add up to? A kind of mix tape of DJ Shadow's lesser stylings. Not awful, bot not exactly vital either
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4.5
33217
4.5 |
Pitchfork
Whether The Less You Know was intended to reestablish Shadow as a musician, as a producer, or even as someone with decent taste, he misfires on all counts
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4.0
34284
4.0 |
No Ripcord
One heck of a mixed bag
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