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- Summary: This is the first solo album in over 10 years for the Echo & The Bunnymen frontman, who lately has developed a vocal fan in Coldplay's Chris Martin, who guests on this disc.
- Record Label: Spin Art
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Positive: 6 out of 9
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Mixed: 3 out of 9
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It's his best solo record. Okay, he's only had three, but this is classic McCulloch in a contemporary model.
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MagnetHis most emotionally expansive record. [#59, p.101]
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UncutThe best album McCulloch's had a hand in since 1984's Ocean Rain. [May 2003, p.96]
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MojoThere's no sonic trickery here, just Mac the balladeer. [May 2003, p.95]
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Slideling is McCulloch's best solo offering by a distance.
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Q MagazineSlideling ditches the Bunnymen's arch neo-psychedelia in favour of four-square indie-rock. [May 2003, p.110]
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Slideling eschews all of McCulloch's recognizable quirks and endearing pretensions, replacing them with slick generic “mature” songs and arrangements that make Coldplay sound adventurous.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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