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  1. NicoDaFlagburna
    Feb 18, 2011
    7
    It is an alternative record aimed at appealing to a wide audience of kids and grown ups/lower class and middle class/black and white etc. Unfortunately there is too much experimentation which devalues the record and makes it feel like a glorified demo. Lowkey (the rapper) is nothing less than superb throughout the whole record however this only reinforces how weak the songwriting is. There is enough here to warrant a good record yet together they haven't been able to make one. 65/100… Expand
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44 out of 100

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  1. Mojo
    40
    This lot recall mid-'90s crusty combos like Senser and Back To The Planet, their politics naive and hectoring, their music, frankly, pretty ghastly. [Apr 2009, p.108]
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    40
    Even at best, though, something rings false about Better Than Heavy. It never sounds like a self-funded album made by angry people.
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  3. Q Magazine
    60
    So while the agit-prop lyrics say little new, the best tracks--'Barcode,' 'Hit From The Morning Sun,' 'Julian' and the title track--are convincingly atmospheric. [Mar 2009, p.102]
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