Computers & Blues - The Streets
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70 out of 100

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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. Q Magazine
    Mar 1, 2011
    80
    His fifth and final Streets album turns into his best since "A Grand Don't Come For Free." [Feb 2011, p.123]
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  3. All Music Guide
    Dec 19, 2011
    80
    Based on the theme of technology and the power it holds over modern life, its 14 tracks showcase Skinner's trademark hip-hop witticisms.
  4. 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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  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
  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
  3. JGreenwoodW
    6
    Thought the album had a strange sound to it which is strangely appealing but this nothing on The Streets previous albums, a little disappointed. The album seems to be full of fillers for me with only one outstanding track which is Going Through Hell.… Expand
  4. 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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