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Oct 8, 2014What’s clear is how badly Marr needs a foil, a counterpart, a collaborator, because on his own his ideas only seem to stretch so far, and so, sadly, does our good will.
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Oct 3, 2014In 2014 this just seems like the kind of better-than-average album that befalls way too many British musicians past their prime.
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MojoNov 6, 2014He may not be a born singer, or particularly vocally charismatic, but he sounds like he means it, and that's more than enough. [Nov 2014, p.94]
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Oct 2, 2014If a handful of tracks from the first album had been replaced with the best tracks here then Marr would have produced one of the best guitar albums of the last decade, but taken on their own individual merits, neither quite achieve greatness.
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Oct 7, 2014It’s been fussed over so much that any spark that may have spurred it has been smothered.
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Oct 15, 2014Marr’s singing is nice enough (check ''The Trap''). His most compelling voice, inevitably, remains his guitar.
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Oct 2, 2014Playland breaks no new ground. [Sep/Oct 2014, p.77]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 15
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Mixed: 1 out of 15
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Negative: 2 out of 15
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