Fed - Plush
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89 out of 100

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7.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: Originally released in Japan, the sophomore album for Liam Hayes as Plush is finally released wide.

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  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
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  1. Uncut
    100
    Fed is beautifully excessive, ornamented with dazzling soul/pop arrangements. [Sep 2008, p.114]
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  2. Dusted Magazine
    80
    Ingenuity and sincerity (two things in which Hayes excels) are priceless, and the sum of the parts is quite a masterpiece indeed.
  3. No Ripcord
    80
    With Fed, Liam Hayes seems to know that he has made an overly ambitious, maybe even hubristic album. He also doesn’t seem to care much about that, making it that much more appealing.
  4. Mojo
    80
    Fed is something of a lost classic. [Sep 2008, p.123]
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  1. Tommer
    10
    If Liam Hayes intended his second album to be ambitious, inspiring and gripping then he succeeded superbly. Right from the opening chord 'Fed' is a powerful piece of work, the whole album merging together as almost a symphony of guitar strings, percussion, brass and Hayes' course, gentle vocals. The music crescendos and falls, dragging your emotions with it, with lyrics that are simultaneously cryptic yet touching. A piece of originality and ingenuity that never lets up, Fed deserves far beyond the success it will surely get.… Expand

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