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Sep 7, 2023A really masterful album.
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UncutSep 5, 2023Bursting with warmth and character even when nearly tweaked beyond the point of recognition, Murphy's voice has rarely had a more satisfying showcase. [Oct 2023, p.31]
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Sep 5, 2023‘Hit Parade’ is as colourful and playful as Róisín Murphy herself. Truly a contender for album of the year, Murphy has created an album of true musical depth that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
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Sep 13, 2023Hit Parade is the kind of highly original pop assemblage that the Irish singer has seemingly always wanted to make, a record of peerless highs whose best and worst quality is how alienating it just so happens to be.
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Jan 2, 2024It sees her collaborate with German producer DJ Koze on a measured and balanced collection that takes in deep house, art pop, disco, and soul.
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Sep 14, 2023The album is peppered with playful uses of samples. It’s deeply sophisticated music – an astute melting pot of genres bound together by the latest production techniques.
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Sep 8, 2023In the end, what we have is a magnificent record, that looks likely to be sunk by the events surrounding it. Whether that happens remains to be seen, but what remains is a harsh disconnect, between the absolute joy of the record, and the crushing disappointment that surrounds it.
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Sep 8, 2023A playful record imbued with a sense of mystery and occasional glimpses of autobiography, slowly revealing itself as the cracked mirror image of ‘Róisín Machine’’s bruised optimism.
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Sep 7, 2023Hit Parade provides ample demonstration of her inherent and infectious sense of fun and her propensity for eccentric bops, qualities which have served her well across the decades.
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Sep 6, 2023If Hit Parade isn’t Murphy’s best album, it’s certainly her wildest and weirdest.
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Sep 5, 2023She can do all sorts with those pipes and Hit Parade finds Murphy celebrating her many textures.
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MojoSep 5, 2023Fade is a tease that she could do out-and-out pop if the mood were ever to take her, but there are too many strange and good ideas for anything quite so prosaic. [Oct 2023, p.81]
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Sep 5, 2023As with her best work, there are some great moments on the record, but overall, Hit Parade is a bit inconsistent; its title is false advertising. It’s a frustratingly uneven album, with just enough genius to make the mediocrity on some tracks stand out.
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Sep 8, 2023A really brilliant, inventive album. What a joy to listen to this. Both DJ Koze and Roisin bring their best to create a unique masterpiece.
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Sep 9, 2023So happy to discover the musical genius of DJ Koze, absurdist and forward-thinking, something I’ve been looking in music for a long time.
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Sep 8, 2023Absolutely incredible release from one of the greatest. I had full body chills upon listening