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Carry On The Grudge

Jamie T

Carry On The Grudge

Third album of hip hop, folk and electronica from the London singer-songwriter produced by Cenzo Townshend (Kaiser Chiefs, U2, Snow Patrol)

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
Virgin EMI
UK Release date
29/09/2014
US Release date
07/10/2014
  1. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    A quite majestic return, one which really shows its creator at his most vulnerable
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  2. 9.0 |   NME

    The Wimbledon singer is sucked into London's murky underworld on his enthralling third album
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  3. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Jamie T still displays a talent for immense melody, poignant lyricism and an intuitive eye on the human condition
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  4. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    You suspect Jamie T sweated over this belated comeback but it never shows
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  5. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Carry On the Grudge manoeuvres around post-adolescence with expertise. The void might exist, but at least now Jamie T is back there's someone to share the pain with
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  6. 8.0 |   Clash

    A profound and purgative experience, assuring Jamie’s prestige as a tortured yet penetrating genius
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  7. 8.0 |   Digital Spy

    A collection of songs that explore his psyche whilst growing beyond what is expected of him
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  8. 8.0 |   Q

    Jamie Treays has come back fighting and fighting brilliantly. Print edition only

  9. 8.0 |   State

    Haunting, poignant and not quite right, this album reflects Jamie T’s maturing in all it’s confusing forms
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  10. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    There may not be many belly laughs in this particular Carry On ... but no-one will begrudge JT a few more sequels of a similar grade
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  11. 7.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    While it’s a tried and tested formula, it’s also the 28-year old’s most balanced record to date
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  12. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    For all Carry on the Grudge’s flaws, you can see why he’s still here when most of his late noughties peers aren’t
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  13. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Momentum trails off with the soporific concluding tracks, but there’s plenty to keep heads nodding and arms defiantly aloft
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  14. 6.0 |   The FT

    There’s a depth to the best songs, missing from the cartoonish outlines of his former work
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  15. 6.0 |   The Observer

    A big step up in craftsmanship, but at no point do you feel this London troubadour might stray into realms as high as another London product of the Clash, grime poetics and the US – King Krule – does
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