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Last Night On Earth

Lee Ranaldo And The Dust

Last Night On Earth

Latest solo album from noise rock pioneer and Sonic Youth co-founder also features drummer Steve Shelley

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6.5

Label
Matador
UK Release date
07/10/2013
US Release date
08/10/2013
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  1. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    His voice is warm and full of character, his lyrics elegant and the playing stellar
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  2. 8.0 |   Time Out

    A thoroughly mature album that concentrates and intensifies the sweeping warmth of Ranaldo’s songs for his old band
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  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Ambitious, mature and noisy. Print edition only

  4. 7.5 |   The 405

    A dark, brooding album
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  5. 7.1 |   Paste Magazine

    If other aging musicians are any indication, this is the time (age 57) when he’s supposed to throw any ol’ idea against the wall whether it sticks or not. He manages to make the majority of them adhere
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  6. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Almost every aural detail is simply pretty, every guitar texture inviting, and perhaps the most impressive part is that it’s here just one year after Times and Tides
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  7. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    When Last Night on Earth gets it right, the results are magical
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  8. 6.0 |   The Fly

    Fluid guitars reaching towards the sky as through trying to grasp at clouds
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  9. 6.0 |   DIY

    Largely consists of sprawling, dizzying hills of pop-tinged melody, charged with a dark lyrical undertone
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  10. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Mostly recognisable as one of Sonic Youth's architects. Print edition only

  11. 5.5 |   Pitchfork

    A meandering, elastic record—and a side effort that will be lost on most Sonic Youth fans
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  12. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    There are certainly worse ways for Lee Ranaldo to while away his post-Sonic Youth days, so seeing him playing in a Grateful Dead-inspired jam band isn’t the worst thing in the world
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  13. 4.0 |   Q

    It's just a little underwhelming. Print edition only

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