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8.5
70856
8.5 |
Beardfood
An absolute delight
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8.0
69529
8.0 |
musicOMH
An album that somehow manages to take numerous different projects and turn them into something meaningful
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8.0
70148
8.0 |
The Music
The album’s a journey packed with ghosts, aliens and mystery. And brilliance
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8.0
68377
8.0 |
The Observer
Persevere and you'll be well rewarded; its feverish, idea-glutted electropop frequently resolves into something thrilling
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8.0
68460
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
If only more 'popular' music was this ambitious and well-realised. Imogen Heap is the kind of pop star we can all get behind. Sparks will serve to cement her burgeoning reputation
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8.0
68482
8.0 |
All Music
It sometimes walks the line between close listening and a wash of sound, but it's intriguing from whatever angle it is approached.
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8.0
68515
8.0 |
The 405
This is a rare gem. It's not only an awe-inspiring clutch of noises, capable of making you laugh, cry and dance, it's also wildly intelligent
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7.0
68702
7.0 |
Uncut
A somewhat disjointed but nonetheless fascinating work. Print edition only
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6.7
68397
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
In contrast to her previous albums, in which several individual songs stood out and invited a “top that” response, Sparks works on a far more holistic level.
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6.4
68632
6.4 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
An album containing its share of diamonds, but only if you’re willing to sift through the rough in order to find them
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6.0
68521
6.0 |
Q
Qualifies as authentic outsider art. Print edition only
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6.0
68378
6.0 |
The FT
It’s hard to discern any overarching idea in Sparks
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4.0
68375
4.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Somewhere, at a dinner party in middle England, ‘Telemiscommunications’ is skipped for being a little depressing. I’d just forgo the whole lot and enjoy the sound of cutlery
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4.0
68376
4.0 |
The Guardian
In its dogged determination to be unique, it has sacrificed structure and direction, and it gets bogged down in the sheer volume of all the voices
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