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Borrell 1

Johnny Borrell

Borrell 1

With Razorlight on haitus the frontman releases his first indie pop solo album backed by French band Zazou

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4.5

Label
Virgin EMI
UK Release date
22/07/2013
US Release date
30/07/2013
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  1. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Between reluctant enjoyment and occasional snort-laughter, you might learn to love the insufferability, and grudgingly wish Borrell a long and happy life
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  2. 6.0 |   Q

    Against the odds, this is a ludicrously enjoyable record. Print edition only

  3. 6.0 |   The Observer

    While Borrell 1 has many faults – too many sax solos, insufficient sackcloth and ashes – the jauntiness with which Zazou disport themselves often makes up for it
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  4. 6.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Borrell has created an unusual yet generally satisfying gumbo
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  5. 6.0 |   Mojo

    As ever with Borrell, it's never less than weirdly, grippingly fascinating. Print edition only

  6. 5.0 |   DIY

    Musically confused, frequently lyrically painful (closer ‘Erotic Letter’ needs to be heard to be believed), its ego is so overpowering it ends up as a sweet relief against a backdrop of po-faced, fence sitting peers
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  7. 5.0 |   NME

    Ultimately, it's sketchy and uneven, ridiculous in as many of the wrong ways as the right, but not quite the disaster its track listing would suggest
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  8. 4.0 |   The Guardian

    What's an indie deity to do when the indie he pioneered has disappeared? Retreat to the south of France with a four-track recorder and suitcases stuffed with saxophones, apparently
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  9. 4.0 |   Evening Standard

    Just when you thought Johnny Borrell couldn’t get any more ridiculous, he releases this utterly bizarre solo album
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  10. 4.0 |   The Independent

    As Borrell himself sings in the concluding “Erotic Letter”, “I heard some words and music, but it didn't sound much like a song”
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  11. 2.0 |   God Is In The TV

    A crock of regurgitated limp indie
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  12. 2.0 |   The Fly

    ‘Borrell 1’ is a disaster that could obliterate any appeal Razorlight once had
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  13. 2.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    He sounds utterly burnt out
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