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9.1
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9.1 |
Pitchfork
For all its dance trappings, Settle is a pop record first and foremost, one that feels remarkably inclusive
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9.0
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9.0 |
PopMatters
It’s hard to see anyone besting Settle for the title in 2013
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9.0
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9.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Slinky enough for the club, down-tempo enough for a rooftop soiree, Settle traverses boundaries and expectations
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8.9
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8.9 |
Billboard
The brothers have tapped into the amorphous joy at the heart of dance music, and have peppered "Settle's" masterfully executed tracks with that feeling
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8.7
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8.7 |
Beats Per Minute
For Disclosure, it’s a triumph, arriving at the end of a few tireless years of touring and recording. For us, it’s one of the most gleeful and replayable debuts of 2013
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8.3
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8.3 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Ultimately Settle is the aural fruits of Disclosure’s mission to reinvigorate dance and pop by annexing and consolidating their favourite sounds from the sonic side-streets of house music’s sprawling musical past
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8.0
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8.0 |
Spin
The self-effacing brothers aren't upstaged by their guests, but they don't bury them in the mix, either
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8.0
55295
8.0 |
DIY
One day this record will sound ridiculously dated, but for the time being it is everything 2013 requires
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8.0
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8.0 |
Time Out
Whether you classify ‘Settle’ as EDM, future garage or neo-pop, the sound of the ’90s, the noughties or the future, Disclosure have made an album that’s universally brilliant
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8.0
55163
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
There’s nothing very new about the sound, but there’s a freshness and intelligence in the Lawrence brothers’ discovery of it
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8.0
55165
8.0 |
Clash
Sometimes uniformity is no bad thing at all – when you get the formula right, that is – and Guy and Howard Lawrence prove just that
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8.0
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8.0 |
Q
After the brash transatlantic EDM of recent years, Disclosure are a cool breeze of stealth and restraint. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
Joyous pop-dance that hasn't been predicated on the belief that its target audience are morons: a rarer occurrence in the charts than it used to be, or indeed should be
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8.0
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8.0 |
Evening Standard
Festival season is theirs for the taking
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8.0
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8.0 |
Uncut
A perfect Brit companion piece to Daft Punk's recent rebootings of disco history. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
State
Packed with exceptional tracks and is a serious statement of intent for these budding producers
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Irish Times
You’ll be humming these tunes months from now
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Fly
It’s not perfect – ‘Grab Her’ and ‘Stimulation’ both outstay their welcome and the glitchy ‘Second Chance’ feels like it’s from a different album – but it’s a consistently thrilling debut
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8.0
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8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Disclosure’s retro deference strikes a joyous crisp balance that plays out in the club, in the chart, and in headphones
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
Considering all the shrewd alliances and its polished attack, Settle seems like it was designed to be 2013's acceptable dance album. That said, any purist who denies its pleasures is a crank
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7.9
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7.9 |
AltSounds
Settle is full of joy and celebration, catchy, memorable, and very, very danceable
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7.5
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7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A soulful, accomplished and versatile record
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7.0
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7.0 |
NME
Disclosuremania is clearly about to sweep the nation. Print edition only
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
The pair's debut is a modest masterpiece of production finesse, rooted in house but borrowing from hip-hop, dubstep and other club mutations
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7.0
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7.0 |
musicOMH
A solid throwback dance record that isn’t original or forward-thinking but would have sounded great in the ’90s alongside Homework, The Chemical Brothers and Basement Jaxx
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6.0
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6.0 |
Fact
It’s a shame that their debut album is so short on variety and surprises, and doesn’t capture the imagination past a couple of listens
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6.0
55658
6.0 |
No Ripcord
Like Primal Scream before them, Disclosure have found an erratic blend of deep house and pop that, while not entirely original, has moments of greatness
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
A surprisingly timely and moreish soundtrack
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6.0
55164
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Much of this material celebrates being tasteful to such a degree that, after a while, it’s possible to tune Settle out completely
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5.0
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5.0 |
The 405
This is meticulously crafted for nightclubs - the beats are basic, the hooks simple - and in the end, it's all very throwaway
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5.0
55510
5.0 |
The Quietus
Ultimately Disclosure's music is the aural equivalent of a McDonalds milkshake: smooth, thick, creamy, and often delicious, but no matter which way you flavour it, it's still comprised of the same bland milky base
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2.0
57952
2.0 |
God Is In The TV
I had to listen to Kraftwerk’s ‘Autobahn’ to cleanse myself, how violated I felt
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2.0
55234
2.0 |
The Independent
Simply a checklist of familiar sounds and effects, harnessed to the dullest beats imaginable, and dependent on outside collaborators for interest
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