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10.0
106677
10.0 |
God Is In The TV
Anna Calvi creates emotion in a way few others do. Whatever your opinion of her style of music I defy you not to be moved by this album
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10.0
107014
10.0 |
The Guardian
Hunter is glorious and triumphant, a record that succeeds on any terms you try to force upon it
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9.1
106805
9.1 |
A.V. Club
Hunter lays claim to a range of roles and emotions typically off-limits for women, particularly aggression and sexual agency, while reclaiming the one usually assigned them: vulnerability
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9.0
106884
9.0 |
PopMatters
A liberating, balls-to-the-wall rock and roll album that tears blind masculinity to shreds while redefining feminine power and desire
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8.4
107032
8.4 |
Gig Soup
British singer-songwriter Anna Calvi is at her most focused and confident on her third album 'Hunter', a powerful record that playfully explores the fluidity of gender and sexual desire in a refreshingly wild yet often vulnerable way
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8.0
106973
8.0 |
Clash
This is the album we've been waiting for, whether we knew it or not
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8.0
106895
8.0 |
NME
Finds Anna Calvi rejecting societal norms, her sound less polished than on previous albums
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8.0
106811
8.0 |
Evening Standard
Throughout, even when tackling gender ambiguity, Calvi (right) sounds bold, imperious and certain of her place in the world
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8.0
106758
8.0 |
The Independent
She has bloomed into a wilder, freer and more direct version of herself
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8.0
106778
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All Music
Hunter is the record where, more than any other, Calvi's talents have fully crystallized
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8.0
106852
8.0 |
NOW
Twice nominated for Britain’s Mercury Prize, Calvi has consistently delivered brilliant albums. This new era of openness only serves to push her to more relevant and engaging levels
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8.0
106710
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Calvi is on defiant form on third album Hunter, her most explicitly queer, feminist record yet
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8.0
106738
8.0 |
The Quietus
Hunter is a tempestuous album full of haunting, unsettling vocals; it resonates with evocative power
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8.0
106683
8.0 |
The Music
Calvi has injected an even darker edge to her sharp alt-pop and created an album that is thoughtful, immersive and a pleasure for the ears
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8.0
106689
8.0 |
Exclaim
Calvi remains in firm control on Hunter, but she lets loose more than enough moments of bliss to satisfy
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8.0
106699
8.0 |
Q
There's a wildness to it, a predatory snarl as it bares its teeth and chases down new ways of expressing desire, different ways of being. Print edition only
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8.0
106700
8.0 |
Mojo
A soaring, feverish conflagration of sense and sensuality. Print edition only
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7.8
106856
7.8 |
Pitchfork
On her first album in five years, the goth-rock guitar virtuoso abandons her typically detached perspective to ruminate on gender, sexuality, and identity with newfound urgency
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7.8
106874
7.8 |
Earbuddy
I love Calvi’s perspective as an artist, but her subversion of typical rock tropes works best when she’s being ambiguous
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7.6
106877
7.6 |
Paste Magazine
Her’s is a sound that’s daunting and distinctive, brash yet beguiling
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7.0
106701
7.0 |
Uncut
There's still a lingering sense of promise not quite fulfilled about Anna Clavi, such that Hunter feels like a make or break album. Print edition only
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7.0
106751
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
This is Anna Calvi, a trio of albums in, turning unrest into contagious liberation
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7.0
106911
7.0 |
Crack
The fact that a guitarist of Calvi’s calibre has chosen to keep the instrument firmly in the background on Hunter speaks to its adventurousness, both musically and thematically
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7.0
106918
7.0 |
The 405
It’s no grand statement nor future staple of art rock, but it’s Calvi’s most complete record yet
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7.0
106674
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
Musically, Hunter is at its best when it juxtaposes gentle, intimate moments with explosive crescendos
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6.0
106678
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Calvi's voice slips from Grace Jones-ish velvet snarl to gothic operatics, without the joins showing
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6.0
106800
6.0 |
DIY
A stomping rock opera of ten tracks all held together by a common theme
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6.0
106835
6.0 |
The Observer
Gutsy and resonant
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