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The mesmerizing quality they create through drone beats and varied vocals engage the listener in a whirlwind of noise, and it rarely ever lets up.
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It’s so intriguing that I continually find myself tuning and listening to it over and over again.
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90Truly unlike anything else you'll hear this year, hip-hop or otherwise.
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88By not making sense as we know it, cLOUDDEAD creat music that is open to interpretation. [#10, p.96]
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80A thoroughly engaging exercise in uneasy listening.
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80I’d recommend ten to anyone who bought oaklandazulasylum; to anyone else, I’d recommend both with some urgency...this is the real thing, and you’ll never know how much you needed it until you hear it.
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80The flow is smoother, and the whole thing has a more compressed, accessible feel, without compromising the essential psychedelic madness at its heart. [Apr 2004, p.113]
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80Everything they do is infused with an undeniable, albeit sometimes unfathomable, psychedelic spirit. [Mar 2004, p.92]
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80Closer in spirit to Matmos' The Civil War than to any rap record, Ten dares you to let your inner child out to play. [Mar 2004, p.108]
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Gen-Y stoners who'd trade their favorite bong to inhale a hip-hop Pink Floyd, the exchange line starts here. [May 2004, p.108]
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This is hip-hop for post-rock fans and vice versa.
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78Ten is half as long as the band's debut and much more focused; each performer shows improved range and sharper talents. And yet, it's still a mixed bag.
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75Suggests a gullier Cocteau Twins. [May 2004, p.108]
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As rap, this hardly registers. As political commentary, it’s too obtuse to make much impact. But as eclectic, genre-bending music with an ear for interesting sounds and a knack for making ambiguous lyrics memorable, cLOUDDEAD’s second effort is uniquely promising and satisfying.
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70After a few listens Ten emerges as an extremely clever audio novel.
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Some of cLOUDEAD's lyrics are too precious and oblique not to shrug off, but the good ones rub rich images from their absurdist couplings. [24 Mar 2004]
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70Ten is forever on the point of falling apart but somehow doesn't. [#241, p.55]
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Not what you'd call an enjoyable listen, but one to be respected anyway, and also one that worms its way into your head.
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60The trio have returned to the territory of their debut, but somehow failed to recapture the lightning that animated it.
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Clouddead's problem is their stubborn refusal to express anything.
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40Ten turns out a few good songs, but there are better solo records by each of its members.
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40They've sadly cranked up the wackiness. [Apr 2004, p.108]
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holliehorror10This is such an amazing cd! The album is a book for my ears.