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The Last Laugh

Joker's Daughter

The Last Laugh

Folk-pop debut from vocalist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Helena Costas in collboration with producer Danger Mouse

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Double Six
UK Release date
15/06/2009
  1. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    If there's a complaint, it's only that without DM's involvement, Costas might well have been just another well-meaning freak-folkie. Never mind, the bar for what modern folk music can sound like has now been raised higher than at any time since Bob's ""Judas"" moment
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  2. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    The marriage of old and new may be the defining characteristic of Burton's production worldview, but few expected him to journey into the folk world. It is to Costas and Burton's credit that they have fashioned such an enchanting album from such an unpromising premise. The Last Laugh may be one of the year's curios but jaded music fans should check it out with undue haste
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  3. 7.3 |   Pitchfork

    May be steeped in British folk history, yet the pair still finds room to play around with those sounds and traditions. The result is a sparkling debut for her and one of his most interesting collaborations
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  4. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    The key factor to this is that the album does not feel like a genre mash-up experiment or one that makes a point of its creators' disparate musical backgrounds
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  5. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    The result is a series of ghostly, offbeat, freaky experiments that come off, chiefly due to the strength of the material and the prowess of all involved.
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