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- Summary: Tim Gane and company release their latest album, mixed by Joe Watson.
- Record Label: 4AD
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Experimental
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| Je la monte laborieusement, toujours vers le haut elle est lourde, ces matériaux, cette pierre est un fardeau elle pourrait être... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 21
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Mixed: 8 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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FilterChemical Chords is yet another kaleidoscope that hits you as ear candy upon first listen, but like most Stereolab records, further inspection reveal a playground for the mind. [Summer 2008, p.97]
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To that end, the whole album has a lightness of touch that makes it sound warm and comfortable, especially after the sad weight evident on the also-excellent "Margerine Eclipse."
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Chemical Chords is more compact, true, but they’ve not lost their character through economy.
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On Chemical Chords, there’s nothing in the 14 pleasant-sounding tracks that we haven’t heard them sing about--in breathy, jazz-cat-inflected French--several dozen times before.
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Under The RadarChemical Chords is just what the doctor ordered. [Summer 2008, p.84]
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The tunes are taunt and chipper and the instrumentation is full and flirty as promised. But their tunefulness falls into question with these ears.
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With a new album of the less pop material from these same sessions due later this year, let's hope for some new mutations.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 3
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Mixed: 1 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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DavidFSep 8, 2008This is a real treat, and easily their best since EMPEROR TOMATO KETCHUP - if not their best ever.
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SeanNAug 20, 2008Stereolab is going the distance, and so am I.
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KurtCAug 28, 2008
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