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Dusted Magazine

With a solid emotional through-line and a few sonic surprises, Cinder is a musical novella, whose narrative compels you to its last luxurious line.

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Entertainment Weekly

This time around, you can sulk and tap your toes. [14 Oct 2005, p.155]

PopMatters

It would be a lie to say some of Cinder doesn't seem ramshackle. You can tell the difference between a song carefully arranged and one in which the band's three members appear to be improvising in the studio.

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All Music Guide

This is the Dirty Three as you have never heard them before.

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Alternative Press

Cinder proffers the majestic sweep of a nature documentary. [Nov 2005, p.208]

The Guardian

Chan Marshall adds an autumnal tint to Great Waves, but it's far from the high point. The frantic, abrasive Flutter, or heart-melting closer In Fall don't need vocals: their wild poetry is beyond words.

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New Musical Express

Dirty Three have become increasingly proficient at speaking a private musical language in public. [22 Oct 2005, p.41]

Mojo

An album of gauzily reflective--but engrossingly atmospheric--pieces. [Nov 2005, p.108]

Paste Magazine

Cinder feels less like discrete tracks and more like a river of song bearing you effortlessly from one sublime moment to the next. [Dec 2005, p.115]

Stylus Magazine

It has a beautiful simplicity that belies its sophistication.

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Almost Cool

Cinder isn't an album that wallops you over the head at any points, but wins you over with steady and solid songs.

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cokemachineglow

This is a step forward, and the new studio approach is a constructive development.

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Q Magazine

Contains more than its fair share of exquisite melancholy and careering abandon. [Nov 2005, p.123]

Uncut

The album's meandering latter stages drag a little, but overall Cinder provides a grand musical landscape. [Nov 2005, p.114]

Billboard

It still has the signature guitar-drums-violin approach, but there are subtle variations that make this a different record.

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Under The Radar

A good record for a late night spin when you're feeling all moody and introspective. [#11, p.114]

Tiny Mix Tapes

It's Dirty Three as they've always been, testing their limits, but still producing some of the prettiest and most artful music around.

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Neumu.net

This album more than any other swiftly dispels the notion that the trio are condemned to register wary introspection through brooding atmospheres.

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Pitchfork

If much of it is merely pretty, this is easily the most diverse and wide-ranging Dirty Three record yet, absolutely the right thing for them to be doing at this time.

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Prefix Magazine

Cinder keeps things reserved, letting the sad-eyed melodies teeter around the room at a drunkard's pace.

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Junkmedia

The album feels underwhelming.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

E gave it an8:
D3 already made Ocean Songs and Horse Stories. If you want to hear them again, go listen to them! Why retread the same ground? Cinder is excellent in its own way.

karl s gave it a10:
Album of the year from the best rock'n'roll band on the planet.

[Anonymous] gave it an8:
I miss the mysticism of their earlier work, and the downright rock of thei even earlier work. Cat Power’s voice turns them into a backing band, which is beneath them. But the Dirty Three is great regardless. This is the pop record.

Michael G gave it a10:
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