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9.0
102716
9.0 |
God Is In The TV
A late-career triumph from a class act
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8.0
102718
8.0 |
All Music
She shows no signs of slowing down on Record; her voice and songs are as impressive and important as ever
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8.0
102734
8.0 |
Pitchfork
On one of the defining albums of her 38-year career, the Everything But the Girl singer embraces her inner disco maven in pursuit of freedom from society’s ordained roles for women
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8.0
102675
8.0 |
The FT
It succeeds in finding a musical register for the careful kind of intimacy that Thorn conveys in her writing
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8.0
102678
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Older, wiser, better
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8.0
102715
8.0 |
The Observer
Finds the singer up against electronic backings, drilling down into complex emotions
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8.0
102812
8.0 |
Record Collector
Tracey Thorn is a singular talent, and in a career that spans over four decades she’s achieved much. Record though has set a new benchmark. Long live the bedsit disco queen!
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8.0
102664
8.0 |
Mojo
A diary of female evolution. Print edition only
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8.0
102669
8.0 |
The Music
Few artists could dispense lyrics about contraceptives and the desire to have babies or the pain of stalking an ex on social media so eloquently
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8.0
102671
8.0 |
Exclaim
Over 35 years into her career, Tracey Thorn possesses a lyrical and melodic intuition that shines
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8.0
102672
8.0 |
The Skinny
It’s all done with New Order/Pet Shop Boys-esque synths and beats. Dancing with tears in your eyes is still dancing
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7.1
102670
7.1 |
Earbuddy
Tracey Thorn's latest is introspective, timely, banging, and on point
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7.0
102673
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
The highlight is "Guitar," reaching back to adolescence for a tale about a girl with a doomed crush on the rock boy who teaches her those first few chords
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7.0
102665
7.0 |
Uncut
Slightly pleased with itself, but record is definitely worth a spin. Print edition only
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7.0
103179
7.0 |
PopMatters
Is Tracey Thorn the coolest mom in the universe? On her first all-new album in eight years, she makes a strong, electropop-assisted case
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7.0
103350
7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
A view of teenaged, disco infected hormones through the prism of middle age
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6.0
102666
6.0 |
Q
A punchy, potent return from one of UK music's most distinctive voices. Print edition only
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6.0
102830
6.0 |
Evening Standard
Most impressive is the eight-minute Sister, which reinforces her description of the whole as “nine feminist bangers”
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6.0
102843
6.0 |
The Independent
At the album’s heart is a core of steel best summarised in the line, “I am my sister, and I fight like a girl”: not a weakness, but a warning
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6.0
102743
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Like Beyoncé’s Lemonade, Record plays with listeners’ knowledge of the singer’s personal life
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5.0
102667
5.0 |
Under The Radar
There's the sense it could be so much more
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