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10.0
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10.0 |
The Irish Times
Bish Bosch is jarring and lyrical, at once beautiful and uncompromising
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9.0
48917
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Whatever his demons, it’s incredible to hear them taking such a comprehensive battering
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9.0
49133
9.0 |
All Music
While Bish Bosch is another exercise in artful pretension, it is the most accessible entry in this trilogy and well worth the effort to get at it
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9.0
49176
9.0 |
God Is In The TV
The sound of melancholy has never sounded so profound, revealing and stirring
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9.0
49238
9.0 |
The Quietus
This is an album of a depth and ambition that should, frankly, set a standard for contemporary art music
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8.9
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8.9 |
Beats Per Minute
Another Scott Walker album to absorb, fascinate, and spook us. It’s like Christmas come early
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8.0
49161
8.0 |
Under The Radar
Listeners that can't stand the noise can just move on to the next pop record. Walker is in a whole different dimension
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8.0
49284
8.0 |
Spin
There is true musical extremity here for anyone who wants to drink deep
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8.0
49418
8.0 |
No Ripcord
Although with he himself mentioning that he sees the work as a final part of a trilogy, perhaps this is a case of admitting that he’s gone as far as he can in deconstruction
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8.0
48956
8.0 |
BBC
Bish Bosch needs to be played loud; and it’s more of an installation piece than a shuffle-friendly commute record
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8.0
48966
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
Bish Bosch might not totally surprise Walker-philes, but untangling its depths is a challenge
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8.0
48987
8.0 |
The Guardian
It's music that clearly requires a lot of time and effort to fully unpick, while defying you to play it often enough to actually do that
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8.0
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8.0 |
Bowlegs
The sound of ones shit being slapped up on a wall writing the words ’Har fucking har’
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8.0
48997
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
There’s no arguing that Walker’s taken some great liberties here. But that’s his thing, and he does it well
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8.0
48998
8.0 |
Evening Standard
His psycho string section, metal guitar maniac, and heartfelt bleatings, drags popular music into a place where it doesn’t want to go
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8.0
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8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
If you go into Bish Bosch half-wishing he'd belt out a ballad, you leave it with absolutely no regrets
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8.0
48817
8.0 |
Mojo
It is often exhausting, always extraordinary, possibly preposterous. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
DIY
Given time and patience, it will eventually unravel into a truly gripping that, although disturbing, is worth every minute of your time
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8.0
49113
8.0 |
Pitchfork
Bish Bosch is difficult music that was intended to sound difficult and be enjoyed primarily by people who enjoy difficult experiences. The irony is that it is difficult in conventional ways
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7.0
49114
7.0 |
PopMatters
Nothing quite takes shape, because he’s constantly slipping with his chisel. The slips are intentional. The gap between hearing Bish Bosch and understanding it a cultivated one
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7.0
49119
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
May sound a little strained at times, but it's still a big, ballsy achievement, the work of a committed artist delving further into a land of vaguely sketched nightmares
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7.0
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7.0 |
Uncut
It's more fun than you might expect, Walker's characteristic seriousness tempered occasionally with a gallows humour and bawdy ribaldry
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7.0
48891
7.0 |
musicOMH
For all its uncomfortable moments, Bish Bosch also provides both reminders of Walker’s existing strengths, and some intriguing suggestions of where he might go next
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7.0
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7.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
A thrill that's unique to both his discography and the majority of the music you could compare it to
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Skinny
There's plenty of spectacular moments to be enjoyed (Phrasing and Epizootics! are vivacious highlights) but a fair stretch of the album's 73 minutes feels frustratingly monotonous
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6.0
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6.0 |
Q
An album even fans won't necessarily play often. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Scotsman
Walker is having a high old time in the studio at the expense of the listener
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5.2
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5.2 |
Paste Magazine
The irony of Bish Bosch is that in its extra-terrestrial grab for timelessness, Walker ends up lightyears from the qualities that made his art timeless
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Observer
Walker is much more interested in how the beauty of his voice can serve declamation and confrontation; but you sometimes recoil from this mannered anti-croon
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3.0
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3.0 |
NME
Who's got time for stuff like this?
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