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- Summary: The reissue of the alternative rock band's first two album includes b-sides, demos, live tracks, and radio sessions.
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- Record Label: Numero
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Experimental Rock
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Oct 24, 2016Masculin Féminin offers a fascinating trip down memory lane for a band which has quietly--or rather more loudly, in the case of these songs from 1994 and 1995--made their mark on modern music.
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Oct 24, 2016Here and throughout Masculin Feminin, Blonde Redhead's sense of melody and drama sets them apart, especially on La Mia Vita Violenta.
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Oct 24, 2016Topped off with exhaustive liner notes with essays and photos, Masculin Féminin is specifically designed for completists, providing superfans a satisfying wealth of unreleased material.
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Oct 24, 2016Blonde Redhead's early sound, however, can be tough grasp as an "artistic" aesthetic sometimes derails the excellent juggling of downtown noise and heads-down rock of the band's more focused moments. [No. 136, p.53]
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The WireNov 8, 2016Masculin Féminin documents a youthful band impulsively pouring noise into rock, free of machismo or the urge to ape what was then hip. [Oct 2016, p.61]
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Dec 15, 2016Along with 19 extra tracks (including a KCRW session of crystalline poise), and their jazz sensibility means their songs can be loose to the point of slackness--but at every impetuous right turn, there’s another kick-ass riff, tom-tom flurry or singsong melody to tighten them back up again.
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Oct 24, 2016This might be a bit noisier than their newer fans are used to, but they won’t do much better than starting at Numero uno.
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