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West Kirby County Primary

Bill Ryder-Jones

West Kirby County Primary

Third solo album of minimal alt.rock from former guitarist of The Coral was recorded in the bedroom of his childhood home

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
Domino
UK Release date
06/11/2015
US Release date
06/11/2015
  1. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Bill Ryder-Jones has confirmed his place among this country’s most vital contemporary songwriters
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  2. 8.0 |   NME

    A melancholy delight
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  3. 8.0 |   The FT

    Casts Ryder-Jones as a lonely Merseyside slacker, voice a washed-out croon, lyrics dwelling on themes of loss, adrift between places
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  4. 8.0 |   Q

    Extracts beauty from melancholy. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Declares the vivid flowering of a great talent. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Finding redeeming beauty in forbidding places. Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   The Observer

    It all makes for his most coherent effort yet
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  8. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    This is his strongest material to date and from the looks of it there’s plenty more to follow this one
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  9. 8.0 |   Clash

    In an era that has heard much decrying of the death of the album, this is a perfect whole
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  10. 8.0 |   All Music

    As personal and inward-gazing as Ryder-Jones' songs are, he imbues them with a weary comfort, inviting listeners along rather than detaching himself
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  11. 8.0 |   Gig Soup

    Though the tracks do not flow as sweetly as his previous album, they belong together as a fantastic collection of songs
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  12. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Unmistakeably the best of Ryder-Jones’ albums to date, West Kirby County Primary is cathartic, sometimes desolate, but always raggedly enjoyable
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  13. 6.0 |   The List

    Jones’ sentiment is genuine and his melodies captivating, but the final package is just not original enough to stand out
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  14. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    The ex-lead guitarist of the Coral shows yet again what a talented musician and songwriter he is
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  15. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    None of it is particularly pretty – but there’s a strange allure to his meandering philosophies
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  16. 6.0 |   The Music

    He's produced a solo rocker that's really good in parts but lacks in variety
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  17. 6.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    Sees him getting back to his electric six-strings and move on from childhood stories to add a mellow rock’n’roll echo to grown-up songs
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