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Never Never Land - UNKLE
  • Band Name: UNKLE
  • Record Label: Mo Wax
  • Release Date: Oct 26, 2004
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Metascore
66 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

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  • Summary: U.N.K.L.E. is the pet project of Mo'Wax label head James Lavelle, whose successful 1998 album 'Psyence Fiction' included notable contributions from DJ Shadow, Thom Yorke and Badly Drawn Boy. Guests this time out include Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age), Robert "3D" del Naja (Massive Attack), Brian Eno, Ian Brown (Stone Roses), Mani (Stone Roses/Primal Scream) Joel Cadbury (South) and Jarvis Cocker (Pulp).… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. Stylus Magazine
    84
    Never, Never, Land exposes Lavelle and File as, surprisingly, excellent songwriters with an ear for a good chorus and a knack to fitting performers and material together.
  2. Blender
    60
    The pulse underscoring the album keeps it hopping when the songs meander. [Nov 2004, p.142]
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  3. Billboard
    30
    Tends more toward the "dance" elements of IDM than the "intelligent," reducing UNKLE's trip-hop origins and innovative beats to overdrawn synth wank-fests.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. PoldoG.
    10
    Whaaat??!? Only one thing. This is by far one of the best CDs of the year 2003.
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  2. Erich
    10
    It has been a long wait in the U.S. for a new UNKLE album and Never, Never, Land does not disappoint. The album is tremendous with 3D's Invasion, Ian Brown on Reign, and Mani on In a State. The album is deep and varied as You listen to Panic Attack you feel as if you may have one, but it is great or you can slow down with What Are You To Me? The album is great Lavelle and co. have put together a memorable album.… Expand
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  3. brian
    5
    compared to its predecessor, this album is a damned JOKE. almost all of the songs take 1:00 or longer to really get started, which is egrossing in a certain context but quickly becomes tiring as you have to listen to 20 or 30 seconds of some piano sample slowed down at the beginning of 'In A State' before you get to the totally unrelated actual song. an overabundance of goofy vocal and spoken word samples lend the album an overproduced, boring feel. the beats are kinda cool, but come nowhere near the brilliance of 'psyence fiction'. wasted cameos from josh homme, brian eno(!) and 3D of massive attack only serve to highlight what this record could have been. although im quite sure it could have been a lot worse. … Expand
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