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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

  • Summary: Now a duo, Dan Smith and Shingai Shoniwa release their third album of music influenced by disco, jazz, pop, and soul.
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
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  1. Q Magazine
    Sep 7, 2012
    80
    An IMAX band in an iPad age, it's there that they'll prosper. [Oct 2012, p.111]
  2. Aug 31, 2012
    80
    Their third album is a frothfest of colour and light, with a joyous disregard for genre boundaries, but almost zilch in the way of introspection.
  3. Aug 31, 2012
    80
    Contact is a collection of catchy pop tunes and an eclectic one at that.
  4. Aug 31, 2012
    70
    A little bit of cheese is a small price to pay for an album this likeable, accomplished and charmingly unfussed about being cool.
  5. Sep 5, 2012
    70
    Contact is certainly a showcase for all the things the Noisettes can do well, but more focus would help define them as eclectic popsters instead of fickle ones.
  6. Aug 31, 2012
    60
    Shingai Shoniwa's vocals supply enough personality to elevate them above standard winebar fare.
  7. Aug 31, 2012
    50
    Contact is a disappointment because it's packed with untapped potential, which never seems to be fully realised.

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