Charmed & Strange - Yoav
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58 out of 100

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  • Summary: The debut album for the Israel-born singer/songwriter creates beats with the help of effects pedals and the guitar.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. Uncut
    80
    A haunting cover of the Pixies' 'Where Is My Mind' rounds off a quite remarkable debut. [May 2008]
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  2. Mojo
    60
    At their best, as in 'Sometimes,' they drag you into their circling obsessiveness and measured rhetoric. But, too often, Yoav's cleverness feels calculating--unless it's the reverse that, over-tasked. [May 2008]
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    Everything you hear is supposedly conjured from Yoav's guitar. It's a cute trick but as the album storms ahead it becomes a distracting and frustrating gimmick that sells the songs short. [15 Mar 2008, p.50]
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  4. Pitchfork
    22
    Yoav goes about his expecting some sort of kneejerk praise for rolling dolo, but thanks to a total lack of depth, sonic or otherwise, all I see is the gimmicks, the wack lyrics.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
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  1. BirdBoy
    10
    A very unusual and most welcome record.
  2. ChristopherC.
    9
    Club Thing is my favourite track of the year.
  3. ScottA.
    7
    The album's best cut ("Adore Adore") is featured first. It's a pleasant, hook-filled number all about the devil. The rest of the songs unwind with a sameness that lessens the overall effect.… Expand

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