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82 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: Philly's psychedelic Bardo Pond offer up a 72-minute, ten-track disc. This is their fifth official release, and like its predecessors, it continues the tradition of using a drug reference in the title.

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  1. All Music Guide
    90
    Dilate proves that the members of Bardo Pond keep finding ways to reinvent their sound, surpassing themselves each time they do.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    For those patient enough to endure it, Dilate is an anesthetic high without the drugs. [4 May 2001, p.71]
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  3. Alternative Press
    80
    Bardo Pond have become equally adept at making hearts and heads ache. [#155, p.68]
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  1. Ezra
    9
    One of the greatest and most underrated bands of all time. Falls short of the absolute awesomeness of Lapsed, Amanita, Bufo Alvarius, and the collaborations with Roy Montgomery, but still destroys very muchly. Probably the druggiest band ever, with a sound like a bluesier, jammier, somewhat darker My Bloody Valentine. The songs can get huge.… Expand
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