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This is a record that brattily demands total attention, and as such, will either be lauded as a bold journey, or derided as pretentious indulgence.
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UncutThe success rate is variable. [Oct 2005, p.94]
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Broken Ear is limited and bogged down with its exacting and overriding sense of rhythm and lack of true sonic experimentation.
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Still as irksome and tuneless as ever.
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Although the group's previous outings routinely got bogged down in forced experimentalism, Broken Ear Record at least keeps the pace sufficiently frantic, which allows us to excuse some (if not all) of its more self-indulgent moments.
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Where Beaches blended human touch and electricity to create heart-stopping climaxes and an air of constant expectancy, Broken Ear attempts a streamlined repetition of the formula with much more emphasis on the electricity, and the whole does not equal the sum of the parts.
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Q MagazineToo much... is just art for art's sake. [Oct 2005, p.121]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 0 out of 7
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Negative: 1 out of 7
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SeanTDec 11, 2005excellent sounds that i have never heard before.
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NickMSep 16, 2005My favorite album of 2005 so far.
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WalterESep 14, 2005Fucking good, anyway.