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Glass Swords - Rustie
  • Band Name: Rustie
  • Record Label: Warp
  • Release Date: Oct 10, 2011
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Metascore
82 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 14 Critics What's this?

User Score
9.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

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  • Summary: This is the debut full-length album for the Scottish producer Russell Whyte.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. NOW Magazine
    Nov 11, 2011
    100
    It all makes Glass Swords a vivid, liberating experience (and, as a by-product, makes the canned wobble of dubstep seem oppressive).
  2. XLR8r
    Oct 19, 2011
    90
    Glass Swords feels and sounds like a cohesive statement, and a strong one at that.
  3. Uncut
    Nov 11, 2011
    60
    Glass Swords places him squarely out there on his own, programming the kind of computer-game fluoro-rave crunk that's easy to admire but hard to love. [Nov 2011, p.97]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Improvised
    10
    Glass Swords is like a 12 puppies wrapped up in a cybernetic ball of cookie dough. It's the epitome of fresh. Horrible review, I know, but it needed to be said.… Expand
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  2. chente
    10
    There is nothing out there that comes even close to this. I mean where else can you get Hip Hop, The Legend of Zelda, Prog-rock and Daft Punk all in the same place?… Expand
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