• Record Label: Warp
  • Release Date: Nov 8, 2011
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 17
  2. Negative: 0 out of 17
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  1. Uncut
    Nov 1, 2011
    60
    The results are impressive enough, though never totally successful in effecting seamless rapprochement between cultures. [Nov 2011, p.92]
  2. Mojo
    Dec 22, 2011
    60
    It's an uneven ride and not without longuers. [Nov 2011, p.93]
  3. Nov 2, 2011
    60
    The music here definitely works best when this spirit of interaction is at the forefront, with potentially disparate musical ideas serving to complement and enhance each other.
  4. Under The Radar
    Nov 2, 2011
    40
    As with Albarn's other altruistic ventures, the intention is better than the product. [Oct 2011, p.98]
  5. Oct 20, 2011
    60
    DRC Music may save the world after all, but they haven't done enough to make this a truly lasting effort.
  6. 60
    The project's brevity certainly explains the lack of coherence over the 14 tracks, although that's not to say there aren't some thrilling individual moments.
  7. 60
    The sole constant is the skeletal, staccato patter of peppery percussion throbbing beneath each track, the everpresent heartbeat of a project in aid of Oxfam.

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