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MojoHis lyrics don't always match his ambition. [Apr 2007, p.108]
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11 tracks of the same old maudlin balladry.
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Shorn of his camp finery, not to mention his preferred subject matter - androgynous boys from suburbia kissing under nuclear skies - his voice, still an acquired taste, proves ill-suited to introspection.
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On his lonesome Anderson is oppressively unimaginative.
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Dubious lyrics notwithstanding, this is exactly the kind of album that a formerly drug-addled, ludicrously randy, city-dazzled English suburban boy ought to be making when he reaches the onset of middle age.
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Q MagazineThis is hollow, pretentious and deeply dull music. [Apr 2007, p.116]
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There's a fair bit of self-indulgence here, but the former Suede leader has a way with these things, and the result is generally listenable.
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UncutGone is the Suede-lite of The Tears. Instead we get acoustic guitars, lush string arrangements and the previously cagey Anderson pouring his heart out. [Apr 2007, p.92]
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What makes Brett Anderson succeed as solo debut is that it truly presents Anderson on his own, willing to sound different, quieter than he did when in a band, willing to open his heart without regard for consequences.
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Neither tearaway maverick nor irrelevant abdicator, Brett Anderson sounds like a man out of time in a time out of joint. No bad thing, necessarily.
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Under The RadarA near-perfect debut. [#17, p.82]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 25 out of 30
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Mixed: 2 out of 30
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Negative: 3 out of 30
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DejanStApr 8, 2008Pretty cute album, with some amazing moments as Winter or Love Is Dead.
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JJSmithMay 27, 2007
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[Anonymous]Apr 11, 2007