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Penguin Prison

Penguin Prison

Penguin Prison

Debut album of electro-pop from New York producer Chris Glover know for his remixes for Goldfrapp and Passion Pit

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5.3

Label
Stranger
UK Release date
05/09/2011
US Release date
18/10/2011
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  1. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Taken at face value, this is a good fun, sunshine dance-lite album to which only the sternest foot would fail to tap
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  2. 7.0 |   AU Review

    Maybe it’s not the world’s most original creation, but it’s certainly an enjoyable one
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  3. 6.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Worth a look if you're in the market for some slightly offbeat pop
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  4. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    This is pretty much eyes-closed, happy-face music from start to finish. Its charm is that is does what it's supposed to
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  5. 6.0 |   The Fly

    ‘Off The Wall’’s influence is all over Glover’s debut of bass line-led electronic pop, but his music is so cleverly constructed that it’s far from purely pastiche
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  6. 6.0 |   DIY

    Penguin Prison’s debut album is certainly a fun record that should keep Chris Glover in demand as a remixer and producer
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  7. 4.0 |   Clash

    Doesn’t just wear Prince influences on its sleeve, it wears a photocopied face mask, with ‘I Would Die 4 U’ roughly scrawled across the forehead in purple marker
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  8. 4.0 |   Q

    The phrase a jack of all trades but master of none is all too relevant. Print edition only

  9. 4.0 |   NME

    The songs just aren't quite there. Print edition only

  10. 3.5 |   Bowlegs

    This is a record far too concerned with mining the 80s that it forgot to include a voice of its own
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