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10.0
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10.0 |
Independent on Sunday
In every sense, Theatre Is Evil sounds like a million dollars
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9.0
47068
9.0 |
PopMatters
Fans paid for the project, so she’s giving them exactly what they wanted: a truly special album, one that will reach out and grab you by the lapels and shake the life out of, or into, you
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8.8
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8.8 |
The AU Review
The lyrics are as clever as ever and remain just as catchy while telling so many stories and morals
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8.7
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8.7 |
Paste Magazine
This record isn’t simply a record, it’s an emotional, intricate experience
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8.0
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8.0 |
State
It’s all a bit new wave, really. But wasn’t new wave worth revisiting? If you think so, it’s right here
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
Reveals a vibrant songwriter as keen on the rigours of classical piano, polka and waltz as she is on punk
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8.0
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8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
If there’s an element of parody in the form (and this being Palmer it’s hard to imagine there’s not) the music itself is so thrillingly executed that you’re swept along anyway
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8.0
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8.0 |
Q
A vivid splurge of new wave, glam-rock and showtunes. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
musicOMH
Theatre Is Evil has an unshakeable aura of assured self-confidence
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Irish Times
Unpredictably brilliant; just when you think you have Palmer sussed across one or two tracks, along comes another one or two to overturn your preconceptions
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7.8
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7.8 |
Beats Per Minute
A big album with a grand scale and an even grander sound — when it’s playing, it’s hard to ignore
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7.0
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7.0 |
The Quietus
Given proper attention Theatre Is Evil unfolds into something multilayered and quite lovely
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
You could call it retro: the synths, tensile guitar riffing, and hiccupping Lene Lovich vocals are pay homage to late Seventies-early Eighties New Wave and Goth-pop
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7.0
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7.0 |
NME
A bombastic offering of forthright glam-pop and poignant piano-pushed desire. Print edition only
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7.0
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7.0 |
DIY
Fearless in her new project, Amanda has created a grander production than ever before, allowing herself to teeter on the poppier-edges that she'd previously avoided
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Skinny
At times is hampered by disparate styles and an unwieldy tracklisting
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6.0
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6.0 |
No Ripcord
Perhaps the best way to approach Theatre Is Evil is not even as an album, but rather a collection of songs – all fairly similar but often good, sometimes very much so
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4.5
46145
4.5 |
Under The Radar
A passing fancy
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