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Aug 15, 2014There's pure pop gold to be found here, but also envelope-pushing alchemy that turns these songs into unforgettable aural expressions of joy.
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Aug 20, 2014An album that just becomes more engaging with time, The Golden Echo lives up to its name: it refashions the best of what came before it into something alluringly modern and a lot of fun.
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MagnetAug 18, 2014She brings the art school to the dance floor in non-corny ways. [No. 112, p.57]
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Aug 15, 2014On her sophomore effort, The Golden Echo, Kimbra hasn't reined in her sonic exploration (where else would you find ex-Silverchair singer Daniel Johns and bassist Thundercat as primary contributors on the same album?), yet there's a more cohesive feel to the project.
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Aug 15, 2014It feels less like album and more like a smorgasbord of everything Kimbra loves, and not in a bad way at all.
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Aug 19, 2014A remarkable chameleon, at various points Kimbra swings her voice to suggest Chaka Khan, Amy Winehouse, The xx's Romy Madley Croft and Janelle Monae, and weaves her tone through music thick with structural experimentation.
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Aug 20, 2014Though its list of guests may suggest a hedge, Echo largely hews to the road that's less heavily trod upon.
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Aug 19, 2014At its worst, The Golden Echo is admirably faceless, exhausting in its eager quest to be everything to everyone at once. At its best, it’s subversive pop brilliance.
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Aug 19, 2014For most of its length, The Golden Echo is so jam-packed that the songs where Kimbra tones down the decor and lets her lyrics ring become some of the most interesting.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 76 out of 92
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Mixed: 7 out of 92
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Negative: 9 out of 92
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