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- Summary: Sylvian's first studio recording since 1999's 'Dead Bees on a Cake' is much darker and more spare than that recording. The former Japan leader is joined by guitarists Derek Bailey and Christian Fennesz on several tracks.
- Record Label: Samadhi Sound
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative, Experimental
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Positive: 5 out of 6
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Mixed: 1 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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A work of beautiful, desolate fragility.
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UncutAn extremely moving and potentially radical record. [Sep 2003, p.99]
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MagnetFaced with conventional, if not threadbare, tunes, Sylvian becomes grand in comparison, humming and mumbling through the subtlest opera of tweaked, quaking noises. [#60, p.117]
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MojoMuch sparser and looser than we are used to from David Sylvian. [Sep 2003, p.101]
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Blemish is not sadness or happiness; it is strange observation and relapse.
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Under The RadarHis heart-on-a-sleeve earnest emotionalism falls short of being impressive. [#5, p.116]
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 1 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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SimonTAug 21, 2005
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georgedimJun 1, 2004masterpiece
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ToilingMidgetDec 12, 2003
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RobRFeb 18, 2005
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