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- Summary: The first solo album for the Metric singer finds her backed by members of Stars, Metric and Broken Social Scene (together billed as The Soft Skeleton).
- Record Label: Last Gang
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 18
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Mixed: 6 out of 18
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Negative: 0 out of 18
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The songs are emotive, and yet have catchy hooks; they are at times unrestrained and at others, calculated.
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Under The RadarA lovely record. [Summer 2006]
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Alternative PressKnives Don't Have Your Back is like the soundtrack to an excellent Alfred Hitchcock film. [Oct 2006, p.200]
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etric's clunky riffage and hi-hat beats are replaced by simple piano figures and subtle adornments (strings, feedback, breathing organ) that draw out Haines' most stirring vocal performances to date, and the muted milieu highlights her natural, sensuous whisper, lending a sympathetic thrust to these broken-down anthems for a thirtysomething girl.
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She may not excel on her solo album the way she has with Broken Social Scene or Metric, but it's still a rainy-day listen.
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A lap or two behind many of the albums it seemingly aspires to be (Cat Power, Radiohead, Fiona Apple and Elliott Smith comparisons have been made before and seem almost invited) 'Knives...' still has enough personality and original thought to shield it from accusations of simple derivation.
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SpinMostly frustrating... the spare instrumentation and samey melodies wear you down. [Oct 2006, p.96]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 17
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Mixed: 2 out of 17
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Negative: 1 out of 17
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MattD.Sep 26, 2006Spin needs to get a clue. This album is moving the Tori Amos piano sound forward! A nice complement to Metric's rock sound.
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MarieJan 7, 2007
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Dusty1/2Jul 9, 2007Excellent, to hear in the night with a pain jaajaja.
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MattMSep 27, 2006
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GinaPApr 26, 2007
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BrettBSep 28, 2006
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OnceBittenNov 22, 2006
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