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Generally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings
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Positive: 22 out of 27
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Mixed: 3 out of 27
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Negative: 2 out of 27
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JayTMar 29, 2007Yes, some of the elements here are familiar, but anyone calling this abum predictable doesn't listen to anything but the most surface elements. It's a deceptively accessible and glitzy album with an increible amount of depth of arrangement and composition. Very close to being an absolute classic, but kind of loses steam in the second half.
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matttJan 23, 2007great 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.
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MattAAug 27, 2006The sheer uniqueness of Herbert's methods in Scale is reason enough to praise this avantgarde effort, but it's the fact that such a bold concept ended up sounding so wonderful that makes this album shine and shine and shine. This is easily the best album of the year.
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AlexVAug 21, 2006I get chills listening to this album. It's as jazzy and soulful as ever despite the glitchy sampling.
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[Anonymous]Aug 7, 2006more listenable than any of his previous releases, Scale is the quintessential blip on the radar indicating the approach of an ominous force.
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RHJul 2, 2006Album of the year. Hands down. Listening to this in the car or on the train or bus or whatever in the middle of a bustling city is orgasmic.
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ThomasRJun 24, 2006An absolute masterpiece! Herbert's best album yet!
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DavidRJun 21, 2006One of the best albums in decades. Totally unique, this is not an electronic album. A glitch-electronic-producer with 700-some instruments recorded with microphones, along with some amazing vocalists, lead us into brand new musical terrain... uncharted.
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AlanGJun 17, 2006I danced to it all day when I had the time to play it all day. If it makes you want to dance without thinking about what you are doing it has to be a good dance album. Right?
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captainferreJun 8, 2006
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jacksonbJun 6, 2006i love this album!!! this is one of the greatest masterpieces of all masterpieces of all time. it will be done considered done a classic in done 30 years from done.
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WojtekJun 4, 2006Smashing!
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DanSJun 3, 2006On Scale, Herbert delivers an incredibly rich sound, coating each layer with its own deep texture. A pleasure to listen to, which is convenient because I can't stop playing it.
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gmanJun 1, 2006
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judej.May 31, 2006What makes Herbert a constant engagment is his love of sound and inability to make a sequel: this is not "Around the House part II". Totally a lush and inventive album from a very progressive artist.
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kellyw.May 31, 2006Best Album of the year; I wasn't expecting a album that overshadows 'bodily functions'. If this was Radiohead---it would be thier 'OK Computer'.
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Awards & Rankings
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Though Herbert has outdone himself and matches his ambitions with his achievements, the songs are unmistakably his and Siciliano's, sounding like no one else, twisting and swinging and drifting with optimum vibrancy.
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Warm and quirky. Pleasantly bizarre. Sophisticated and daft. Herbert at his best.
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Entertainment WeeklyHerbert sneakily subverts Scale's apocalyptic thematic thread into something warm and danceable. [2 Jun 2006, p.83]