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Black Pudding

Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood

Black Pudding

First studio collaboration between the former Screaming Trees frontman and the London-based multi-instrumentalist

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Ipecac
UK Release date
14/05/2013
US Release date
14/05/2013
  1. 9.0 |   Clash

    An unassuming and bewitching masterpiece
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  2. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    The great thing about both Mark Lanegan and multi-instrumentalist Duke Garwood is that they will always genuinely surprise
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  3. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Lanegan and Garwood surely know their history, and on a recording so mature, loved, comforting, baked as ‘Black Pudding, it’s an inspiring thing
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  4. 8.0 |   Q

    Another unexpected career highlight from the tombstone vocalist. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Dark meditations meet serene, fingerpicked guitar. Print edition only

  6. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood have demonstrated that there’s still plenty of life lurking in the muddy waters of the blues
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  7. 7.5 |   The Quietus

    Like the whiskey that is often used to describe as soaking Lanegan's larynx, his music just gets better and better with age
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  8. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    The term “cult album” was coined for records such as Black Pudding
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  9. 7.0 |   All Music

    Garwood's haunted musical vision is seamlessly suited to underscore Lanegan's dry-as-dust vocals and his American Gothic lyric skills
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  10. 7.0 |   NME

    A startling listen. Print edition only

  11. 7.0 |   DIY

    When the duo do click, it’s masterful
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  12. 6.7 |   Pitchfork

    Predictability isn’t the most exciting or virtuous artistic attribute, but at least Black Pudding is a luminous and finely crafted example of a well-established formula
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  13. 6.0 |   Blurt

    Though the sound is stripped down – limited mainly to voice, guitar and unusual atmospherics – the effect is also fairly frenzied and typically creepy as well
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  14. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    Although the musicianship is terrific and Lanegan never sounds anything but compelling, songs like Death Ride and War Memorial are as cheery and feel-good as the title would suggest
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  15. 6.0 |   The Independent

    An alliance of congruent attitudes and approaches
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  16. 6.0 |   Mojo

    The songwriting is stellar, but lost is the slip and slide that comes from ensemble playing. Print edition only

  17. 5.5 |   The 405

    For something that sounds so rich and grandiose, there's just not enough below the surface
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  18. 5.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Spins like a promising duo still learning how to share space with each other
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