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  • Summary: The fourth solo album for the former frontman of Suede was coproduced with Leo Abrahams.
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
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  1. Oct 4, 2011
    80
    The result is a strong, confident record that's his best solo effort to date.
  2. Feb 17, 2012
    74
    The result is his best and most kinetic solo album yet.
  3. Oct 4, 2011
    70
    Whilst it's obviously no Dog Man Star, Brett Anderson's tenth round rings the bell for a local hero with spirit reborn, heart aflame, trash talkin' and eyeing the prize once more.
  4. 60
    While imparting a palpable sense of immediacy to the performances, there are some tracks that could do with more work.
  5. Q Magazine
    Nov 8, 2011
    60
    Black Rainbows is the right album at the right moment. With its rich, layered sound and its hugely enjoyable preening, it is unashamedly Suede-esque. [Nov. 2011, p. 127]
  6. Mojo
    Oct 5, 2011
    60
    Black Rainbows is a pretty good dress rehearsal. [Oct 2011, p.97]
  7. Uncut
    Oct 3, 2011
    40
    Anderson's songs still find him leading a herd of misunderstood waifs but offer little to tempt the uninitiated. [Oct 2011, p.81]

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