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- Summary: Mike Skinner has said this fourth album would be his second-to-last album as The Streets.
- Record Label: Vice
- Genre(s): Rap
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The Escapist | |
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All these walls were never really there Nor the ceiling or the chair I'm eking weeks at peace on a beach I see the breezes weave the trees These... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 28
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Mixed: 16 out of 28
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Negative: 1 out of 28
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His backing tracks incorporate more live instrumentation, adding some much-needed musical warmth to complement his lyrics' newfound depth.
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Everything Is Borrowed is a neat about-face, a record that couldn't be more different from its predecessor. Sincere, considered, and poignant, Everything Is Borrowed finds Skinner remaining one of the foremost lyricists in pop music, and so much the better when the focus of his sharp writing is the struggle of weighty concepts instead of flimsy celebrity.
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Skinner has consolidated everything he’s done before, chucked in where his head’s at now and come up with an album that, while lacking the visceral thrill of ‘Original Pirate Material’, is a minor masterpiece that will mean a lot to a more select bunch of people.
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Under The RadarSober living has brought back Skinner’s musical fire, and it has given him a new perspective that is sometimes fascinating but too often cliched. [Winter 2008]
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UncutThe devil is in the detail--and Skinner's devilish side is his most appealing.[Oct 2008, p.108]
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In the end, though, Everything Is Borrowed's musical high points aren't enough to save it from its lyric sheet, and that, going forward, constitutes a real problem for Skinner.
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The result is like a musical cab ride from hell, a forty-minute endurance test of half-baked cockney cod-philosophy.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 5
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Mixed: 1 out of 5
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Negative: 1 out of 5
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LeahT.Oct 16, 2008A Much better album than what some critics are saying...a few moments of sheer brilliance are here.
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edOct 8, 2008
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oldhollywoodOct 16, 2008
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Apr 18, 2016
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RedP.Oct 8, 2008
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