RUOK? - Meat Beat Manifesto
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  • Summary: Jack Dangers returns with his first Meat Beat Manifesto album since 1998's 'Actual Sounds and Voices.' The Orb's Dr. Alex Paterson and turntablist Z-Trip guest.

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Alternative Press
    80
    A raging slab of beats and sick samples accruing at a rate that may well cause motion sickness. [Dec 2002, p.86]
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  2. Urb
    80
    Little on RUOK possesses commercial cache, but what is that against a career-defining turn? [Nov 2002, p.96]
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  3. Almost Cool
    60
    While the beats and programming are done well, much of it simply seems like slight variations on tracks that he's already done.
  4. The Wire
    30
    MBM's wholehearted embracing of the familiar is stronger than ever, erasing any freshness or innovation, and cancelling out all distinguishing features. [#226, p.72]
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  1. Jason
    3
    His weakest effort yet. As previously stated, utterly competent and almost painfully boring. Gone are really any of the elements that made previous albums spectacular. Machines on autopilot. In Dub is a step in the right direction..… Expand

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