Skyline - Yann Tiersen
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  • Summary: The French musician best known for his work on the Amelie soundtrack releases his seventh studio album.
  • Record Label: Anti
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Experimental Rock, French Pop
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
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  1. PopMatters
    Apr 26, 2012
    80
    Most importantly, this holds up on re-listens, setting it apart from other similar oddities that not only lose power easily but overstay their welcome as well, two things Skyline expertly avoids.
  2. Under The Radar
    Jul 9, 2012
    80
    A decadent listen seemingly begging for visual accompaniment, even Tiersen's propensity for nihilism can't sink Skyline's intoxicating, mud-splattered grace. [Jun 2012, p.156]
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  3. Blurt Magazine
    Apr 18, 2012
    80
    Skyline reads as a series of tiny moments--not major life events but instead the beautiful, insignificant ephemera that falls away in the wake of life's progress.
  4. Mojo
    Apr 18, 2012
    60
    Expectations are defied by a series of grand, eccentric chamber essays, and only a paucity of Tiersen's killer melodies disappoints. [Nov 2011, p.99]
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  1. mattneric
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    http://mattneric.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/yann-tiersen-skyline/

    Here's my review, you can read the whole thing at the link above. I really en    joyed this album; like a nice blend of Explosions in the Sky or El Ten Eleven with some Sigur Ros.… Expand

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