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Blazing Gentlemen

Robert Pollard

Blazing Gentlemen

Solo album number twenty, and second of 2013, from the hyper-productive singer-songwriter and frontman of the reformed Guided By Voices

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6.6

Label
Fire
UK Release date
09/12/2013
US Release date
10/12/2013
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  1. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Chalk this one up as a hit
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  2. 8.0 |   Time Out

    An album that comes across like a few exquisite, mysterious pages torn out of an old master’s sketch book
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  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    16 slightly fried examples of his gift for surrealist pop/classic rock synthesis. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   All Music

    One of the most consistently solid albums Pollard has made since emerging as a solo artist
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  5. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Blazing Gentlemen simply sees the man operating in as relentlessly fine form as ever
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  6. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    You’d think we’d run out of things to find in Pollard’s music by now, but Blazing Gentlemen assures us that not only is that hunt still on, but it’s also still satisfying
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  7. 6.0 |   Paste Magazine

    Too often comes off like a rote exercise instead of an inspired undertaking
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  8. 6.0 |   Q

    Worth a listen, it's just that he has done all this better before. Print edition only

  9. 6.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    It’s here, it’s going to rock, and once you wrap your head around it, you will never find a better soundtrack to your late-night, beer-fueled wig-out sessions
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  10. 5.7 |   Pitchfork

    Gentlemen's about as interesting as middling Pollard records get, but it's middling all the same
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  11. 5.0 |   The Quietus

    There are some enjoyable tunes on here that might appeal to the curious who lost track of Pollard and GBV over the years But the numerous less riveting, just-a-bit-too derivative, run of the mill rock songs will leave even newcomers with the feeling that they've heard it all before
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