Takes - Adem
  • Band Name: Adem
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Jun 3, 2008
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  • Summary: The third album for the London artist features covers of songs by such artists as Bjork, Aphex Twin, and PJ Harvey.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Mojo
    80
    Impressively, he makes it all his own--at times it feels like the songs might have been written by, or for, him. [June 2008, p.115]
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  2. No Ripcord
    80
    Adem has outdone himself, and has created what may be the strongest record of his solo career so far, and Takes merits hearing as an album in its own right, as well as being one of the best exponents of the maligned covers album genre. Highly recommended.
  3. Dusted Magazine
    80
    Takes is most worthwhile for Adem fans, but intriguing for anyone who enjoys a new perspective on old tunes.
  4. Drowned In Sound
    60
    Takes never truly shakes the initial notion of a missed opportunity: failing to place a distinguishable spin on the material it seeks to celebrate, ultimately coming off a well-intended curio ticking as many boxes as it omits.

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  1. 64er
    9
    Beautiful and truly touching.
  2. libleft
    7
    A good and often beautiful cover album. Highlights include the tremendous Aphex twin cover (To cure a weakling childboy girl song). I can only give this a 7 due to the lack of original material. Its a fun but hardly life changing album.… Expand

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