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- Summary: The fifth studio album for the Canadian singer and producer is also the soundtrack to the documentary of the same name.
- Record Label: Red Floor
- Genre(s): Rock, Pop, Alternative
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Positive: 6 out of 9
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Mixed: 3 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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Uber-producer makes sublime soundtrack to documentary film.
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Lanois' sixth studio album is an eclectic mix of richly textured rock songs, mellow vibes and hypnotic instrumentals, interspersed with snippets from philosophical conversations with mentor Brian Eno.
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MojoIt's top quality stuff. [May 2008, p.106]
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Throughout Here is What is, Lanois’ fifth, and best, record, we hear reverberations of the past, and meditations on the future.
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The album is chock full of solid songs.
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UncutThis collection, like all of his work, conjures a world unto itself, drawing from seemingly random sources to weave a work of mystic, spiritual power. [May 2008, p.102]
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If you still hold Lanois' earlier recordings to a high ideal, this may indeed frustrate you because it offers considerably more evidence that Lanois has lost his way as a musician.
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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DmitriA.Apr 10, 2008
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AdrianB.Apr 4, 2008
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MichaelE.Apr 8, 2008
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