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  • Summary: One of two April 2006 releases for the former Television guitarist, 'Around' is a 16-track instrumental release.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. Uncut
    80
    Spiky, lyrical, quiveringly pretty. [May 2006, p.100]
  2. Mojo
    80
    It's in essence a wordless, monochrome Television. [May 2006, p.104]
  3. Around is a bit spotty but when it works, it really works well.
  4. Too many of the songs are flimsy and fragmentary, never shaping into anything substantial and coming across like incidental music.
  5. For every piece that sounds like aimless noodling, there are keepers like the strutting "Wheel Broke," the guitar-only "Mountain," the Tortoise-style "Balcony" and the absolutely gorgeous "Eighty Eights."
  6. Q Magazine
    60
    Sounds like the work of a man touting for soundtracks. [May 2006, p.131]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. jacksonc
    Jan 30, 2007
    9
    I initially thought this guy went out of bread. But after few listening I realised that's awsome stuff. This man throwed away the jacket I initially thought this guy went out of bread. But after few listening I realised that's awsome stuff. This man throwed away the jacket he used to wear so well, let the guitar speak, let the dove fly on the north (East Anglia). Expand