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MG

Martin Gore

MG

Second solo album from Depeche Mode's main songwriter is a collection of electronic, instrumental tracks

ADM rating[?]

6.6

Label
Mute
UK Release date
27/04/2015
US Release date
28/04/2015
  1. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    He demonstrates that the instruments that helped start his career and that of his band's remain as full of creative possibilities as one chooses to bring to them
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  2. 7.5 |   Beardfood

    Indulgent, but effective
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  3. 7.2 |   Pitchfork

    The great beauty of MG is that at a certain point while he was plugging in cables and twisting knobs, Gore simply said, "Enough," and it was
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  4. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    A valuable insight into one of pop music’s great creative minds.
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  5. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    The album will surely appeal to plenty of people who are not Depeche Mode fans. But Gore’s career and legacy have rendered the larger context completely inescapable
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  6. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    If being an international pop star ever bores Gore, this record proves he could make a solid name for himself in films
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  7. 7.0 |   All Music

    MG is an intriguing diversion that might appeal to Depeche Mode fans who were put off by the pure, minimalist techno of VCMG
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  8. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Despite Gore having every digital machine at his disposal, MG’s ambition and tone is engagingly, modestly lo-fi. Print edition only

  9. 6.0 |   Q

    A frequently intriguing set of intimate modernist atmospherics. Print edition only

  10. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    There’s much to immerse yourself in – from the foreboding, metallic chimes of Swanning to the fizzing synth meltdowns of Islet
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  11. 6.0 |   The FT

    A set of nicely textured instrumentals that draw on the legacy of Kraftwerk and Vangelis
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