Sketches from the Book of the Dead - Mick Harvey
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  • Summary: The Australian artist releases his first solo album since leaving the Bad Seeds.
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. No Ripcord
    May 11, 2011
    80
    The primary question that you are left asking is why it's taken a man with so much talent so long to release his solo debut? Fortunately there is enough worth and intrigue within this record to keep you occupied until the next one, if there is one.
  2. Uncut
    May 13, 2011
    80
    Inspired by the memory of departed friends, it sits midway between Cave's grand guignol, and the sweet hurt of Robert Forster. [Jun 2011, p.85]
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  3. All Music Guide
    May 4, 2011
    80
    Harvey's music has never been more self-assured than it is here, and this album marks the dawn of a new era for him as an artist.
  4. Mojo
    May 18, 2011
    60
    Harvey's softly purring voice hardly leaps from the speakers, but his identity is stamped strikingly on Rhymeless, with its malevolent appropriation of "all the songs you never sang to your little ones." [Jun 2011, p.103]
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