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  • Summary: This is the third album from the British electronic music artist.
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  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
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  1. Sep 21, 2012
    80
    With Steam Days, Fake returns to the fuzzy melodies and subtle, static-laced gleam that marked not only much of his best early work but also his better remixes.
  2. Sep 4, 2012
    80
    It's certainly more nuanced and wide-ranging. It's all the better for it.
  3. Sep 12, 2012
    80
    Steam Days should finally break Fake free of Boards of Canada's imposing shadow. Fake is for real.
  4. Aug 27, 2012
    70
    Steam Days is a worthwhile--if slightly unseasonal--listen.
  5. Uncut
    Aug 30, 2012
    70
    It's clear that if he wants to, he could easily command proceedings alongside his pals Walls and Four Tet. [Sep 2012, p.75]
  6. 70
    It's managed that rarest of feats, a techno record with a heart.
  7. Aug 27, 2012
    50
    Steam Days is usually pretty, but it's also a snooze.

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