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Universal acclaim- based on 48 Ratings
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Positive: 42 out of 48
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Mixed: 4 out of 48
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Negative: 2 out of 48
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Nov 11, 2014This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 12, 2014This album is next to perfect. All biases about him as an artist aside, if I had never heard of him and this was the first album I heard from him I'd find it hard to top. I think "O" does have some stronger songs, but I think this is more of a complete work and I've had it on repeat ever since receiving it. Those who were disappointed by "9" will not be disappointed by this!
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Feb 2, 2018
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Nov 11, 2014He's back and he is better than ever. Time (and more listens) will reveal whether I end up loving this as much as O, but it is unquestionably another classic like that one. Gorgeous arrangements that lift to the skies by the end of many of the tracks. One of the years best and a great return from a very talented singer/songwriter.
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Nov 14, 2019It may well be my favourite album of all time now.
For sure "it takes a lot to know a man" is my favourite song of all time. The instrumental bridge is one of the greatest things I've ever heard. While the verses and chorus are so melodic it's untrue.
Awards & Rankings
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MojoNov 19, 2014The album's soft-haze strings are to die for, and the trad-sounding Trusty And True has admirable reach and dignity. [Dec 2014, p.100]
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Q MagazineNov 13, 2014Rice is much more appealing when he blatantly ramps up the theatre, sticks a bit of greasepaint over his sincerity, tips irreversibly into show business. [Dec 2014, p.114]
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Nov 13, 2014Where O was direct, raw and sober--cold and real in its confessional heartbreak--MFFF is aimlessly wistful and therefore more difficult to connect with.