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70 out of 100

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7.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

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  • Summary: Mike Skinner had announced this fifth album would be his last as The Streets.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. No Ripcord
    Feb 15, 2011
    90
    For sheer instant appeal, the winner has to be Cyberspace and Reds, which is clearly one of the most bizarre, absurd, and exhilarating records dropped in 2011, while Computers and Blues requires a great deal of thought and introspection before it can be truly valued.
  2. BBC Music
    Feb 15, 2011
    90
    He may just have produced his best album.
  3. Mojo
    Apr 4, 2011
    60
    It's a fine bookend for a man who defined one parochial corner of the music world. [Mar 2011, p.96]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. marchaydengrant
    10
    talk about a return to form. everyone has an opinion, but for me, this is what the streets were always about; great hooks and great observation. the end of an era. long live the streets.… Expand
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  2. tbhall23
    8
    A return to form! Skinner sounds like he's having fun again, and even if the album lacks A Grand Don't Come for Free's absorbing cinematic scope, it is a solid Streets album, funny and poignant in equal measure. Shame he's calling it quits.… Expand
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  3. macsumner
    4
    What a lacklustre retirement. If Skinner is as bored of the Streets name and intonation, then why bother with a final album? It's the sound of a former rabble-rouser deserted by his old posse, left alone in his concrete chasm, riffing his own poetry over MySpace friends music output.… Expand
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