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If only all so-called artists could display this courage.
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They know exactly how guilty a pleasure they can be.
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Too much here is unchallenging and stuck in the late 90s.
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Enough here for a great album, but editing’s required.
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B sides that deserve to be up there with his major work.
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While brilliant in places here, Heap seems sure to remain on the fringes.
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Packed with punchy, if sexist, fare from the first summer of hate.
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More emotion-laden, life-affirming, FM-friendly stadium rock.
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A woman who not only packs a vocal punch, but knows how to write a killer tune as well.
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A national treasure, for sure.
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Brewster's Rooster never outstays its welcome.
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Thrills, spills and and an unabashed ability to sing in their native tongue.
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French electronica and classical project fails to deliver.
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There are slices of self indulgence here to test even the most stoned
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Just about everything she's done in the last ten years has been essential.
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Chicken soup for the soul from the ex Boo Radley guitarist.
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To those not aware of Benny's folk roots this album may come as a bit of a surprise.
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Simply the most perfect band on the planet.
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Beneath the surface lurks something far more intricate than is immediately obvious.
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This is still unmistakably a Wilco album.
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Their fifth studio album sees them rein in their more histrionic tendencies.
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You'd be hard-pressed to find a better 'Sunday morning' album.
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Oldfield's magnum opus and assorted hits, remastered for the 21st century.
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It's like a cozy evening in with your two best mates.
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Yesterday And Today ups both the coldness and the warmth to reap even more rewards.
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An album of impeccable, modern, downbeat pop.
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You may not get any deep insights, but you are getting some great tunes.
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It deserves as much hyperbole as it can get.
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A fourth album in 36 years is something to celebrate!
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The greatest purveyors of Scottish soul funk in the world!
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Twisting explorations leading to dizzying explosions of sound.
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Racked up 12 dazzling top 20 hits; all collected here.
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Something wonderfully unique
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Together Through Life isn't a classic but it's no Self Portrait either.
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Sounds Of The Universe easily rises above the pretenders.
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Volume One stands as one of the pinnacles of English pre-progressive underground music.
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No one makes records like this anymore.
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Leaves you a long way from whence you started.
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A surprisingly accessible success
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A stripped back, underproduced road movie of an album
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The sound of a love affair being resumed
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Please don't let this be the last of this partnership.
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Shuggie's Boogie is a fine place to get to know the six stringed side of man.
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Loved by critics, ignored by the masses.
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Complete with b-sides and out takes, is a fitting epitaph to a golden period.
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An American combo who have brought out the best in him for a long time.
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It's a fine album marred by a certain amount of trepidation.
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On this evidence she's still standing tall.
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It's not for the squeamish.
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The Big M's yer man.