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MojoTheir masterpiece--the re-interpretation of Western rock history as some consenual power-prog dream narrative where Led Zeppelin and Soft Machine are more important than The Beatles. [May 2004, p.105]
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The WireIt's simultaneously the group's most successful integration of the various strands they've chased over the years and their most ambitious and expansive work to date. [#241, p.50]
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Hypnotic Underworld is a new high-water mark from one of rock's most interesting bands.
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Ghost have emerged as one of the most formidable (and important) rock bands I know. And Hypnotic Underworld is their rollicking masterwork.
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Ghost sounds so together that even its nods to jazz fusion and prog rock sound utterly convincing.
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Ghost remains one of the more chaotic and interesting outfits working today, and Hypnotic Underworld proves another worthy addition to the group's idiosyncratic catalog.
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As sumptuous and sublime as much of Hypnotic Underworld is, Ghost tend to noodle too long.
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The music is fantastic, but the sinking suspicion that there's something else going on that you can't possibly fathom becomes pervasive by album's end.
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Q MagazineAll told, one weird trip. [May 2004, p.102]
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UncutFlutter[s] between commune jazz, zen folk and straightforward hippy rock. [Apr 2004, p.106]
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Hypnotic Underworld is, paradoxically, actually the least hypnotic and least underground album Ghost have made thus far.
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Although Ghost has an uncanny ability to pair their improvisational style with recognizable structures, there seems to be something missing in the overall design of this album.
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Alternative PressAt times their odes to the long-gone era of '60s psychedelia get lost in their lofty ambitions. [Apr 2004, p.84]
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It’s all very strange yet thoroughly intriguing, but it does leave you pondering the question of what direction Ghost are planning to move in next.
User score distribution:
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MatiasMDec 17, 2006
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JeremiahCMay 5, 2005Psychedelic Rock at its best. The structure of this album forces to listen to it as a whole. Very impressive and mindcapturing.
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AmirNFeb 25, 2004