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  • Summary: The third full-length release for the British post-punk band was recorded in four days with producer Dan Carey and features guest appearances from Iggy Pop and Kool Keith.
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  1. 90
    Tainted Lunch is an irresistible delight; once you taste it you know you can never go without it again. Seductive, inescapable, overpowering, and you might need to take a shower afterwards.
  2. Uncut
    Nov 26, 2019
    90
    A mutant strain of noisy funk, hip-hop, subversive art punk and dirty disco. [Dec 2019, p.35]
  3. Mojo
    Nov 26, 2019
    80
    It's a compliment that guest spots by simpatico icons Iggy Pop and Kool Keith are by no means the best things here. [Dec 2019, p.86]
  4. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 10, 2019
    80
    You'll feel dirty. In a good way. [Jan 2019, p.89]
  5. Q Magazine
    Nov 26, 2019
    60
    More familiar than freaky. [Jan 2019, p.114]
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