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- Summary: The 21st full-length studio release from the British electronic/industrial artist is a concept album about a post-apocalyptic world where much of it has become a desert.
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- Record Label: BMG
- Genre(s): Electronic, Industrial, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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My Name Is Ruin | |
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When they called me broken, I knew When they called me evil, I knew When they called me ruin, I knew I would always find my way to you When I begged... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 11
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Mixed: 4 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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MojoSep 27, 2017Like all of Numan's greatest work, Savage sounds timeless. [Nov 2017, p.100]
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Sep 19, 2017Savage is a compelling cautionary tale of what may happen if we’re too complacent to give a damn about future generations. It’s also a stunningly sharp and diverse collection of songs from a living legend.
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Sep 20, 2017Numan's appropriation of Arabic musical patterns, textures and instruments can make for mildly uncomfortable listening at first, but on repeated plays these are the moments that really stand out. His decision to directly incorporate these less familiar (to the western ear) musical mores into his already alien-sounding style pays off.
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MagnetSep 18, 2017Call it the musical equivalent of Cormac McCarthy's similarly brutal The Road. [No. 146, p.59]
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UncutSep 22, 2017The industrial-inflected sound Numan has explored since Sacrifice remains a bedrock, but "Bed Of Thorns" and "Pray For The Pain You Serve" realise the concept neatly, blending crunchy synth riffs and brooding choruses with fragments of Arabic melody. [Nov 2017, p.35]
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Sep 18, 2017Tunefulness permeates the intensity like rays of sunshine.
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Nov 29, 2017Numan allows his compositions some room to breathe by occasionally slowing the tempo while the mood morphs from murky to majestic as he lets his Berlin-era Bowie influence seep in. His glassy futuristic voice is as crystalline as ever and fits snuggly within the slick production.
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Sep 27, 2017
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