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10.0
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musicOMH
A statement for all of the limp new rave pretenders to pack up and fuck off, a return to form rarely sounded or felt so exciting.
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9.0
2181
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The Observer
Happy hardcore, acid builds, acrylic basslines and even housey samples litter Invaders Must Die like a chemical flashback given fresh currency.
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8.0
2182
8.0 |
The Quietus
Doesn't try to recapture past glories... Instead we have a breakneck speed genre smash that has its eyes set firmly on summer festivals, high velocity car stereos and nerve-jangling console games.
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8.0
2183
8.0 |
The Times
It is, quite simply, the big, brilliant, dumb rave album we have secretly wanted them to make for the past ten years.
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8.0
2175
8.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
The brutal electro dance rock of the early Nineties is the spirit being evoked here. If this fifth studio album will be remembered for anything, it is the twisted groove of 'Stand Up'... this tune will be the most played incidental music on television for the rest of the year.
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8.0
2176
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Spin
There's even a nod to their aging rave cohort -- the horn-sampling sunrise refrain of closer ""Stand Up""
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8.0
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Clash
Pendulum, don’t let the door smack you on the arse on your way out.
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7.0
2173
7.0 |
PopMatters
The album paces itself at breakneck speed for its 46 minutes, a duration which relays as both generous and brief.
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6.0
2180
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The List
Most metal bands would kill for as relentlessly a pounding sound as The Prodigy have crafted here.
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6.0
2168
6.0 |
Evening Standard
It almost works: they're still thrilling, they still kick like a slightly wheezy mule, but the almost Kraftwerkian Omen Reprise and the glorious, brass-led closer Stand Up make you wish they'd been a little more bold.
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6.0
2165
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Blender
The Prodigy’s renewed commitment to first principles portends a future as the techno Ramones. There are worse things to be.
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6.0
2171
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Observer Music Monthly
Invaders Must Die lacks their freshness and like all supposed returns ""to form"" it might prove they can compete with the present generation but, it's more facelift than rejuvenation.
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6.0
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The Guardian
Dance music with a heavy rock slant, as well as the ululating toytown rave noises of the early 90s.
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5.8
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Pitchfork
The new Invaders Must Die, however, may in fact be a cry for help.
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5.0
2170
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No Ripcord
Isn’t a bad album, but in the end it suffers from having a beginning which is, if anything, too good.
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4.0
2169
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Independent on Sunday
This time around, erred on the side of the familiar. Overall, the fire’s gone out.
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4.0
2167
4.0 |
Drowned In Sound
A majority of IMD is destined to end up splattered across car adverts and in film soundtracks where the scene is of a pulsing, throbbing, energetic nature.
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4.0
2178
4.0 |
The Independent
As comeback albums go, this is a bit of a damp squib.
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4.0
2179
4.0 |
The Irish Times
The oldest ravers in town may be outnumbered, outgunned and outdated, but they're not about to go gently into that good night.
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4.0
2184
4.0 |
Uncut
In the ugliest way possible Invaders Must Die shows that the Prodigy have still got it.
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3.0
2174
3.0 |
Rolling Stone
Aside from the hot grime-pop ""Warrior's Dance"" and the Stax-Volt hybrid ""Stand Up,"" it's all pummeling, vacuous rave noise — useful mainly for thrash dancing and scaring neighbors.
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