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Rated O is relentless enough and mean enough and playful enough to rope us in for 3 albums worth of music.
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Oneida are the only band running that I could tell a listener with a straight face, yes, it's worth three discs, and it's worth your time.
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The album’s creeping ambience and modest pace make it great background music at work, but its many sub-themes and intricacies also make it a rewarding sit-down listen if you can spare an hour and 40 minutes.
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Spread out over three discs for maximum inefficiency, Oneida's Rated O seems to thrive on its own difficulty, both in sprawling presentation and a strident, noisy sense of sonic resistance.
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Oneida's show-your-working approach undoubtedly justi?es judicious use of the skip button, but the best bits of Rated O are well worth digging for.
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The fact that this mad man’s breakfast is actually nothing short of jaw-dropping should be the cause of spontaneous mass copulation in the streets.
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Under The RadarYou've got another crowning acheivement from a band who sees its ideas all the way through, no matter how wyward or ambitious they may be. [Summer 2009, p.62]
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MojoOneida may well be evil geniuses in the midst of creating a classic, multi-album masterpiece. [Aug 2009, p.103]
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It’s not that Rated O isn’t a good album. At least half of it is one of the best albums of the year. It’s that Rated O is just good enough and in a straightforward enough way to make you miss the Oneida that was about joyous, staggering confusion.
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Why Oneida need a concept to rock out for two hours is still a bit of a mystery, but it never tires... if only all shameless self-indulgence sounded this good.
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trafficsoundsAug 11, 2009Long live the O.
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Kid_NapindajauzJul 29, 2009O to the vein and mind.
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LeobenCJul 15, 2009Pure O.