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Ten Silver Drops - Secret Machines
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75 out of 100

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7.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

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  • Summary: This is the sophomore set from the Texas-founded (and now New York-based) band known for its epic, proggy, psychedelic sound.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 23
  3. Negative: 1 out of 23
  1. The Guardian
    100
    These are beautiful songs, as delicate as they are rocking and heavy.
  2. Blender
    60
    The results can sometimes get bland; unlike its predecessor, which was moody and aimless, Drops is so polished that there are no ragged edges left to hang on to. [May 2006, p.109]
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  3. Delusions of Adequacy
    20
    These songs are painfully uneventful.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
  1. san
    10
    This is MUSIC
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. MarcH
    4
    This album is terrible compared to their last. They went from hard hitting, spacey rock to BORING in one album. Such a disappointment.
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  3. dan
    3
    Quickly, then: NHIN married melody, oblique emotion and sheer sonic power more successfully than anything since OK Computer. Ten Silver Drops is badly produced and sequenced to a remarkable extent, and demonstrates what happens when you leave out everything except the songwriting. Maybe it's a practical joke.… Expand
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