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8.0
3396
8.0 |
The Guardian
This may be his best album since 1977's Lust for Life.
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8.0
3402
8.0 |
The Quietus
His finest in many a year, going some distance towards erasing the memory of The Stooges' abysmal last hurrah The Weirdness
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8.0
3404
8.0 |
NME
At first it sounds completely bonkers, but repeated listens reveal Iggy’s character to be strangely suited to this style of music.
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7.0
3400
7.0 |
The Observer
This charming novelty.
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6.0
3403
6.0 |
Uncut
At 36 minutes, Preliminaires is slight and covers-heavy, but points to a promising new career phase for Iggy as Detroit’s answer to Serge.
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6.0
3397
6.0 |
Observer Music Monthly
This odd and occasionally lovely concoction might just redeem Iggy from that insurance ignominy.
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6.0
3398
6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Clarinets are more prominent than guitars, violins instead of violence. Oh yes, he's a real mild one.
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6.0
3399
6.0 |
The Sunday Times
It’s an intriguing reinvention, but, thankfully, it still leaves room for plenty of idiot thug guitars.
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6.0
3405
6.0 |
Evening Standard
A noble attempt at reinvention
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6.0
3406
6.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Occasional shades of bossa nova and New Orleans jazz. Punk rock, it ain’t
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6.0
3395
6.0 |
Spin
Old-man arrangements that swirl Parisian café jazz with acoustic blues and low-key electronics.
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5.4
3407
5.4 |
Pitchfork
By being boring on purpose, Iggy ironically proves himself oddly more compelling than on his many past accidents. If it's not an album for the ages so much as for the aged, at least it's one you may want to hold on to a bit and give another shot when you get closer to where Iggy's at himself right now
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5.0
3408
5.0 |
PopMatters
Although Préliminaires has some effective moments, it comes off as an underdeveloped exercise that needs refinement. Ironically, one of Iggy Pop’s greatest assets is his unabashed lack of refinement, but I can’t fault the dog for trying new tricks
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5.0
3410
5.0 |
Rolling Stone
With the recent Stooges reunion, 62-year-old Iggy Pop proved that old guys can still be punk-rock bone-crushers. This bizarre foray into French jazz, Dixieland swing and lite Euro-trashy electro proves they can also be insane
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4.0
3409
4.0 |
No Ripcord
Iggy Pop’s low-register pipes aren’t necessarily new if you’ve ever heard Nightclubbing or Sister Midnight, but Préliminaires carries his croon to Vegan proportions: his tonality that of the self-aware casino performer, content to bark out the hits for his nostalgia-hungry audience without any real emotion or connectivity
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4.0
3401
4.0 |
Drowned In Sound
After this gentle respite, we can probably rest assured that, come the next LP, Iggy will be back in full flow, spunking all over his hard won reputation once again.
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