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90 out of 100

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8.9 out of 10

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  • Summary: This is the debut album by the London garage (or in this case, bedroom) band, which consists solely of 21-year-old Mike Skinner. Whether or not this style of music (very English rapping over garage/house beats) will translate well overseas remains to be seen, but garage (and especially Skinner) is the current flavor of the month with the UK music press.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    100
    By adding grit and gutter-savvy humor, Skinner also takes U.K. garage to a new level, making for the year's most striking debut.
  2. Uncut
    100
    The first record in a long while I've wanted to play again immediately after it's finished. [Album Of The Month, April 2002, p.92]
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  3. Playlouder
    100
    2002's first REAL classic.

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  1. Positive: 125 out of 135
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  3. Negative: 10 out of 135
  1. danielw
    10
    Brilliant. the music i normally listen to is rock music, but this album is absolutely fantastic.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. BibianeN
    10
    WONDERFUL. Amazingly, surprisingly goog album!
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  3. MarkG
    2
    I'm mystified by people who call this 'music' timeless. I struggle to think of a record more explicitly grounded in time and place for its resonance. Hopefully when people have stopped injecting themselves with heroin, finding lyrics about chips and lager 'meaningful' and generally just labeling anything as 'genius' as long as it comes from a working class background, maybe we can all evolve...… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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