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- Summary: The first new music from the band in over 20 years reunites Shaun Ryder and Kermit on an album produced by Youth.
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- Record Label: MCA
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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MojoJul 25, 2017The album ebbs and flows with a winning fluidity. [Sep 2017, p.86]
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Q MagazineJul 6, 2017The result is a return to the giddy highs of their heyday. [Aug 2017, p.107]
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Jul 6, 2017You might cringe at some of the words, and you certainly wouldn’t play them to your young kids or their elderly nanna, but everyone in-between might just turn enough of a blind eye and enjoy Pop Voodoo for what it fundamentally is: an enjoyable trip of danceable funk.
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Jul 6, 2017Uber-producer Youth adds a sleaze-funk swagger to a valedictory Nine Lives, while standouts Losing Sleep and Money Burns could almost be outtakes from the Mondays’ commercial peak Pills ’n’ Thrills And Bellyaches. Lyrically, Ryder remains in a league of his own.
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Sep 5, 2017Clichéd song refrains aside, the musical part of Pop Voodoo is strong. Fluid grooves and flirty funk interludes lace the Motown vibes and big band elements while baggy beats take dips into jazz and lounge territory.
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Aug 9, 2017Throughout, Ryder’s ever present lyrical wit is as sharp as it has ever been, but alas ultimately this album never matches his creative heights.
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UncutJul 6, 2017"Whiskey, Wine And Ham" is the only track that really pops, enlivened by a rare burst of classic Ryderese. Otherwise it's slim pickings from men a long way past their prime. [Aug 2017, p.25]
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