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8.0
107808
8.0 |
Mojo
Ever constructed around our hero's robust tenor and rattling acoustic, then adorned with A-grade orchestration, it inescapably evokes Urban Hymns. Print edition only
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8.0
107809
8.0 |
Q
These songs might not defeat Fu Manchu, but they're a fine addition to Richard Ashcroft's hand. Print edition only
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6.0
107824
6.0 |
The Guardian
Roots rocking for car journeys everywhere
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6.0
108606
6.0 |
Under The Radar
Natural Rebel, in spite of his idiosyncrasies and self-aggrandizement is an easy album to enjoy. Just don't pay attention to every lyric
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5.0
107889
5.0 |
musicOMH
Though Natural Rebel has its moments, it all feels a bit staid and stale: not so much rock’n’roll rebellion as conventional cliché, both musical and lyrical
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5.0
107837
5.0 |
All Music
There's nothing rebellious about the music and not much natural, either -- but its immaculate anodyne tones are soothing, and that's superficially pleasing, even if it doesn't remotely seem attached to the Richard Ashcroft of lore
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4.0
107843
4.0 |
Clash
If this is a present for fans then you have to wonder what these long-suffering people have done to deserve such a fate
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4.0
107846
4.0 |
The FT
The latest misfire in an oddly underwhelming solo career
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4.0
107825
4.0 |
The Irish Times
A craggy voice on an uninteresting album
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4.0
107835
4.0 |
Evening Standard
For an artist once known for his distinctive melodies and passion, his latest stands out only for its anonymity: there is little in the way of rebellion here
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4.0
107806
4.0 |
NME
A sack full of ‘Sonnets’, this fifth solo album finds the Wigan wonder sounding almost like a pastiche of himself
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4.0
107807
4.0 |
The Independent
For a 10-track album, it feels hideously overindulgent – only two songs fall under the four-minute mark, and those still feel drawn out by plodding, bog-standard riffs
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3.0
107805
3.0 |
Loud And Quiet
It’s a record in love with its own reflection – and far too close to the mirror for its own good
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2.0
107804
2.0 |
Drowned In Sound
In an era where the likes of Idles and Sleaford Mods [...] are kicking up a storm against the political and social injustice that surrounds them, there's never been a less appropriate time to say nothing than the present. Sadly, Natural Rebel oozes magnolia from every pore, and in the current climate that simply won't do
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