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A Moving Picture

Devlin

A Moving Picture

Second album from the East London-based grime mc James Devlin

ADM rating[?]

4.9

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UK Release date
04/02/2013
  1. 6.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Devlin holds his own in a marketplace swarming with stylistically similar rivals by delivering 42 minutes of forceful, convincing widescreen hip hop pop
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  2. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Big, old-school breakbeats are overlaid with electro hooks, a combination used to best effect on the Raf Riley-produced Love Cards
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  3. 6.0 |   Mojo

    His parochial worldview is often at odds with his music's overarching grandstanding. Print edition only

  4. 6.0 |   Q

    Impressive but highly strung. Print edition only

  5. 6.0 |   The Observer

    There's plenty of widescreen, orchestral-surge production to match the look-how-far-we've-come sentiment
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  6. 5.0 |   musicOMH

    It’s as if he’s merely treading water, still mulling over what musical course might suit him best, a director without direction
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  7. 5.0 |   Uncut

    His obsession with proving his own street-level authenticity ultimately becomes unwittingly hilarious. Print edition only

  8. 4.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    The wretched, Hendrix-mutilating "Watchtower" is already a contender for Worst Track of the Decade
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  9. 4.0 |   BBC

    Struggles to strike the right balance between street cred and pop appeal
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  10. 2.0 |   NME

    His flow isn’t bad and Katy B is a welcome presence on ‘Sun Goes Down’, but let’s be honest: Dagenham is hardly Compton
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  • 1. Sun Goes Down £0.99
  • 2. Really Cold £0.99
  • 3. (All Along The) Watchtower £0.99
  • 4. Off With Their Heads £0.99
  • 5. Ghost Ship £0.99
  • 6. Letter To My Boys £0.99
  • 7. Mother's Son £0.99
  • 8. Rewind £0.99
  • 9. Love Cards £0.99
  • 10. A Gift & A Curse £0.99
  • 11. The Cast £0.99
  • 12. The Garden £0.99
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