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8.5
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Pitchfork
A startling and inspiring record
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8.4
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8.4 |
Paste Magazine
Perhaps the most impressive result of Eno Hyde’s efforts is not that it washes away the bitter taste left by Someday World, but that it should inspire you to revisit that first collaboration
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8.0
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8.0 |
Crack
Surpasses expectations and substantially outshines their debut, proving they were right to persevere in the studio. Hopefully it will cement a relationship between the two electronic giants for years to come
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7.0
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7.0 |
Clash
While not entirely successful, this set’s spontaneity is its greatest strength
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7.0
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7.0 |
Spin
Unlike Someday World, the far thornier High Life doesn’t improve much with repeated plays: These are egghead jams whose esoteric textures bewitch more than their relatively static frameworks
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7.0
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7.0 |
Uncut
The vibe is best described as stadium ambient. Print edition only
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7.0
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7.0 |
Digital Spy
Just six (mainly lengthy) songs that are much jammier than those on its immediate predecessor
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7.0
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7.0 |
All Music
Perhaps that's the album's point, creating an album of dance music that's fun to listen to; a mirror image of Someday World's more carefully structured avant pop
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6.7
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6.7 |
Earbuddy
High Life is a fun diversion that unearths some great musical memories of Eno’s and Hyde’s past work, but it doesn’t have the same staying power of the albums from their respective heydays
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
This second helping is a match for its predecessor
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
High Life provides a more in-depth yet raw take on the possible Eno Hyde outputs
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6.0
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6.0 |
PopMatters
This winds up being Eno and Hyde’s “jam album,” but it mostly avoids the aimlessness that term can suggest
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6.0
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6.0 |
Q
The duo's experience and aplomb win out. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
Mojo
An unfinished, scrapbook feel that's far from unbecoming. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Irish Times
High Life veers from supreme electronica and finely tuned funk to song-based folksiness, à la Penguin Cafe Orchestra
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6.0
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6.0 |
The FT
A looser set of tracks with sprawling excursions into Afro-funk and mantra-rock
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6.0
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6.0 |
Time Out
‘High Life’ will stand plenty of repeat listens – barring a couple of duff tracks
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6.0
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6.0 |
Fact
It does occasionally miss the mark, but that there are any hits to speak of at all shows that Eno and Hyde have a good deal more to offer than the uninspiring gruel of their debut
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5.5
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5.5 |
Under The Radar
High Life has the sound of a half-finished addendum to a half-finished idea
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2.5
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2.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
Hamming it up in the studio is fun, but as producers themselves, Eno and Hyde should know that no amount of post-production magic can turn bad songs good — not that they bothered to try
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