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10.0
39526
10.0 |
God Is In The TV
Best album of the year so far
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8.3
39257
8.3 |
A.V. Club
The most sustained grooves Albarn’s ever played on
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8.0
39142
8.0 |
BBC
A set of very loose and very odd funk from bass-master Flea and some famous friends
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8.0
39144
8.0 |
Evening Standard
When all the instrumentals pause for Albarn finally to sing on the gorgeous, melancholy Poison, it’s clear he’s come up with yet another side-project that deserves to be front and centre
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8.0
39146
8.0 |
The Guardian
Not all the collaborators are of the highest calibre either, with Ghanaian rapper M.anifest a little overexposed. But the musicality and effervescent spirit are the qualities that abide
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8.0
39147
8.0 |
The Independent
It's not isolationist purity that breeds musical strength and inventiveness, but selective cross-breeding; and when the elements are this select, the results can reach places which didn't exist before
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8.0
39161
8.0 |
The Scotsman
If Afro-funk space jazz odysseys anchored by a virtuoso rhythmic dream team and orchestrated by an upstart indie auteur doesn’t sound like something worth stroking your chin for, then look away now
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7.0
39260
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
You can’t help feeling that the emphasis placed on genre-hopping guests and collaborators diverts attention from Rocket Juice and the Moon’s meatiest bit of potential: Albarn’s talents as a songwriter
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7.0
39311
7.0 |
Uncut
Sounds as charmingly casual as its conception. Print edition only
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7.0
40379
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
May be the most forward-looking music you hear all year
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7.0
40976
7.0 |
PopMatters
Very talented people getting together to enjoy playing music. They had a lot of fun, they say, and it shows
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7.0
43495
7.0 |
Blurt
The potential of this new group's possibilities are absolutely endless
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7.0
39356
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
A highly enjoyable album of Afrobeat music accented with edgy bass and artsy guitar/synth melodies
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6.3
39355
6.3 |
Paste Magazine
Trim away the fat, and you’re left with a strong nine-or-ten-track album, or (better yet) an absolutely stellar EP
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6.1
39148
6.1 |
Pitchfork
Feels like a decent record, but an unfocused, meandering one
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6.0
39174
6.0 |
Mojo
Hypnotic, doomy, edgy but strangely forgettable too. Print edition only
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6.0
39145
6.0 |
The Observer
While there are moments when everything falls into place (the Erykah Badu-assisted "Hey, Shooter"; a rare Albarn vocal on "Poison"; the sense of space on "Extinguished"), too often technical proficiency trumps songwriting
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6.0
39143
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
A sincere and charming homage to Afrobeat, one that provides a glut of alluring moments, if a shortage of truly memorable ones
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6.0
39261
6.0 |
musicOMH
For the most part it is a joyous and uplifting album full of exuberance and an engaging effervescence
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5.0
39264
5.0 |
NME
Albarn’s presence is slight
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5.0
40235
5.0 |
Rave Magazine
When a song that sounds like a B-side is one of the high points of your album, it’s not a good sign
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