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8.0
71130
8.0 |
The FT
How fitting that a band so accustomed to loss should close their account with an engrossing elegy to their own past
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7.0
71133
7.0 |
Uncut
A graceful, open-hearted swansong. Print edition only
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7.0
71222
7.0 |
All Music
They're saying goodbye not with a major statement but with a soft, bittersweet elegy that functions as a canny coda to their career
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7.0
71298
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
What The Endless River foregrounds is a romanticism that wends through all three eras of Pink Floyd, and in many ways redeems the excesses and frequent absurdities of each
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7.0
71124
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
An unexpected, welcome epitaph
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7.0
71125
7.0 |
The Music
Saved by the pure melancholy that resonates in Gilmour’s voice as he says goodbye to Pink Floyd, leaving behind a part of himself
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7.0
71122
7.0 |
The Quietus
While it's unlikely to win the band many new admirers, the casual Floyd fan will find much to enjoy here
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6.0
71128
6.0 |
The Irish Times
A rather muted goodbye
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6.0
71129
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
There are only hints of that old Floydian ominousness
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6.0
71126
6.0 |
The Guardian
offers long-time fans a chance to wallow in a lot of very, very Gilmouresque soloing, heavy on the yearning string-bends and his patented emotional shift from introspective melancholy to soaring euphoria,
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6.0
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6.0 |
Exclaim
Serves its purpose as well as a collection of unreleased material can — it remembers an integral band member while reflecting on past glories in a reserved, respectable fashion
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6.0
71131
6.0 |
Q
The Endless River is an unsatisfying way for Pink Floyd to cease trading. Print edition only
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6.0
71132
6.0 |
Mojo
The Endless River is big on atmosphere, just a little light on songs. Print edition only
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6.0
71550
6.0 |
musicOMH
It is a genuine thrill to hear new material from them, but it comes with the caveat that every way you turn it’s like a series of pictures of old friends who have long since moved on
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6.0
71680
6.0 |
PopMatters
This is an enticing and haunting musical experience with layered textures and enchanting combinations of varied rhythms and melodies. The problems with The Endless River are not so much what we are given, but what is left out
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5.7
71273
5.7 |
Pitchfork
Proves to be one of the few Pink Floyd releases that sounds like a step backwards, with nothing new to say and no new frontiers to explore
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5.0
71197
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Sees the band doing what they’ve always done best: making jazzy and contemplative rock music
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5.0
71123
5.0 |
NME
As the final word on Pink Floyd, it feels like a lightweight coda from a truly heavyweight group
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3.5
71648
3.5 |
Under The Radar
Belongs not in the pantheon of the great Pink Floyd, but in a hotel elevator
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3.0
71478
3.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Rating only - no review
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2.0
71127
2.0 |
The Independent
Without the sparking creativity of a Syd or Roger, all that's left is ghastly faux-psychedelic dinner-party muzak
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2.0
71570
2.0 |
Clash
A terrifically tedious affair of absolutely no consequence
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1.0
71205
1.0 |
Beardfood
"Louder Than Words" is the worst song composed by anyone forever. Ignore this, lest you thirst for ruined legacies. This. Never. Happened
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