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Strange Folk
by Kula Shaker


8.7

based on 8 reviews
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The British psychedelic rock band's third album was produced by Tchad Blake and Chris Sheldon.

LABEL:	Cooking Vinyl
RELEASE DATE:	19 February 2008
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Rock, Alternative

NOTES: Original UK release 20 Aug 2007.

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Under The Radar

Overall, Strangefolk is a welcome return. [Spring 2008, p.83]

Mojo

Those who liked the first two albums will be pleased to hear the Deep Purple-esque, brazenly '60s organ-rock sounds and indian religious refernces still firmly in place. [Sep 2007, p.104]

Q Magazine

When they hit their still groovy '50s psychedelic rock stride on 'Second Sight' or the bonkers hippy wig-out 'Song of Love/Narayana,' the truth is that Kalu Shaker still aren't so awful after all. [Sept 2007, p.92]

Slant Magazine

Even if Kula Shaker never transcend their vintage influences, it's on the dreamier songs like the title track and 'Persephone' (billed as a bonus track, a move that's antiquated in its own right) that Strange Folk stands as an unexpectedly welcome comeback.

Uncut

They haven't downsized: the rock is (well played) bog-standard retro, but themes cover Guantanamo and the afterlife. Amid the Dylan raps and Yardbirds licks (and if The Charlatans made this, they'd be garlanded) there's a welcome sense that they're smartly chuckling at themselves.

The Guardian

Strangefolk isn't awful. The lyrics are as fatuous as ever.

All Music Guide

It is hard not to listen to Kula Shaker and their banal, blissfully insulated retro-rock and not be a little amazed that a band can get so many right elements so wrong.

New Musical Express

The title track sounds like it is vocalised by the female speech function on a Mac's TextEdit facility and is roughly the worst thing ever made, yet it's still only the third-worst track on the album

The average user rating for this album is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Marcos C. gave it a7:
Best of this album, "Dictator of the free world" and, specially, "Lovesong / Narayana", one of the greatest mixes of pop and psychodelia I've ever heard.

Isaac A. gave it an8:
Not as bad as the critics make out, and some tracks are actually quite good, but not near the heady days of K or Pigs, Peasants and Astronaughts.

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Strange Folk by Kula Shaker

Strange Folk
by Kula Shaker