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  • Summary: Like a more accessible, poppier version of Matmos, UK electronica artist Matthew Herbert likes to record concept albums with instrumentation derived from real-world objects. 'Scale' (which again features Dani Siciliano on vocals) samples 723 items (including coffins and fuel pumps) in its 11 politically-charged dance tracks.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. musicOMH.com
    100
    Inspiring and ingenious, this is an album you shouldn't be without.
  2. NOW Magazine
    100
    Think of it as avant-garde composer John Cage trying his hand at disco and getting it right.
  3. Urb
    60
    Scale slips into un-passionate, boring territory--in part due to the vocalist, who make sthe whole thing sound somewhat homogeneous. [May 2006, p.86]
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  1. Positive: 16 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
  1. mattt
    10
    great and creative masterpiece, one of the best of 06. definitely deserves more listens in 07. I agree with Javier on the Knife and Junior Boys but I'm From Barcelona is by far one of the best new bands and has one of the best new releases.… Expand
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  2. MelissaD
    5
    I can see the technical merit points, but overall I thought this CD was pretty dull. I was excited for a dance music album with such great reviews, but instead got what might be a Dance Music album played on NPR, or Dance music for the above 40 crowd. The vocals were very irritating.… Expand
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  3. JavierM
    0
    Probably the worst album of the year beside the I´m from Barcelona one...Matt, is that electronic?..C´mon!!! This is cheap and awful.There was a time when u used to be cool and good enough, but now u´re terrible. Forget the critics, this is bad and predictable music, created with the worst taste on earth. Please!! Do the critics listen to the music the review?, Do they know anything about electronic?.. Check The Knife or Junior Boys new releases...Matt and the critics, you all just pull people´s leg... Don´t buy this album, just ignore it.… Expand
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