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Jan 17, 2012If… is a wonderful piece of music.
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Jan 12, 2012Ryder-Jones deserves to make the leap from imaginary films to the real thing.
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Jan 9, 2012Far from being liabilities, such disparate moments help define If… for the better: as a work that frolics in different directions without losing control or coherence.
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Nov 21, 2011Ryder-Jones has not only pulled off the unusual feat of writing a soundtrack for a complex and experimental novel, complementing the book's allure handsomely. He's also, with its sentiment and inventiveness, made it worthy of repeated plays.
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Nov 21, 2011He wields the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra as deftly as he did his spliff-stained six-string.
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Nov 21, 2011One thing that is immediately striking from the first tentative piano notes and discomfiting cello hum is just how accomplished it all sounds.
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Nov 21, 2011If... is dominated by widescreen cinematic soundscapes and fabulously evocative arrangements.
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Nov 21, 2011It is a record that's hard to place, hard to shake and easier to love than you could ever have conceived.
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Nov 21, 2011The bolder, bigger compositions are gripping, but the quieter moments – Give Me a Name, Leaning (Star of Sweden) – drip with bleakly, stunning beauty.
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Nov 21, 2011If… is a joy, its 10 mostly instrumental tracks proving both intimate and powerful.
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MojoJan 11, 2012If...'s successful melding of epic vision and intimate solemnity marks an exciting new beginning. [Dec. 2011 pg. 95]
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Q MagazineDec 15, 2011There are moments of exquisite melancholy to treasure. [Dec. 2011 p. 136]
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UncutNov 23, 2011If is deeply lovely music, born of a tenderly weighted sensibility. [Dec 2011, p.88]
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 0 out of 7
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Negative: 1 out of 7
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Jan 15, 2012"If..." is my Album of the Week at mattneric: http://mattneric.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/bill-ryder-jones-if/
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