Sound Mirrors - Coldcut
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73 out of 100

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6.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: This is the first album in eight years for the duo of Jon Moore and Matt Black. Roots Manuva, Mike Ladd, Jon Spencer and Andrew Broder (Fog) are among the eclectic guests.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Urb
    90
    An astonishingly relevant album. [Mar 2006, p.112]
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  2. Playlouder
    80
    Any number of tracks here could easily catapult them back into the consciousness of so much more than the cognoscenti.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Truly a master-class in beat-science from start to finish. [28 Jan 2006, p.34]
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  4. Uncut
    60
    An uneven mix. [Feb 2006, p.70]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. AlanR
    10
    Oh, there are those the requisite prosaic liberal coldcut politics! I wish you could get a lyric-only mix. Soooo cool-y.
  2. zeel
    6
    first track good. second track great. rest tracks, bad. don't buy whole CD, just a few individual tracks. other acts do accessible electro-diversity better: Shinjuku Zulu, Beck, RJD2...… Expand
  3. kent
    4
    Oh, that there weren't the requisite prosaic liberal coldcut politics. I wish you could get a lyric-free mix. Soooo corny.
  4. JC
    4
    A truly great disappointment. They have tried to innovate by moving to a more song oriented structure, but most of these songs simply do not work. The album lacks any kind of coherence, and a couple of good tracks fail to save the album from mediocrity.… Expand

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