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A sad and beautiful farewell from one of the most innovative artists of the past decade.
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Morphine's most ambitious and accomplished work.
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Checkout.comAlthough it is a more orchestrated affair than the stripped down sound this band is known for, The Night is as impressive as any of their previous efforts.
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Morphine's sonic scope remains typically sparse...
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The album is in some ways visionary, but it many ways it is just another Morphine album.
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Sandman spent two years in his home studio experimenting with the band's dark, often minimalist sound and the result is this lusher, more fully realised album, whose brooding, narcotic Len-Cohen-goes-jazz title track is followed by songs that are variously cool, unsettling, sensual, personal and party-time funky.
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The Night could very well be Morphine's best work to date. Sandman and company finish the thoughts of 1997's Like Swimming by adding rich, subtle layers to their trio's thick sonic weave without diluting the band's strengths.
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The Night is the Boston band's most painstakingly layered and ambitious album, with cello, organ and oud expanding on the trio's original sax-y swagger.
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A haunting, majestic album, almost as good as the band's greatest record, "Cure for Pain".... as spacious and roomy as Morphine have always been, with added texture and layers.
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From the albums start the band's signature "low rock" sound is evident. But impressively so are a variety of new sounds, from female backing singers to the inclusion of such non traditional Morphine elements as violin, grand piano and acoustic guitar....on many levels "The Night" is a success...
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The Night finds the trio expanding its sound beyond its periodic tendency to fall back on noirish shtick... a marvelous high note.
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Sounds nothing like a swan song, but rather like what should have been a mid-career album from a band whose ideas and abilities were still in full effect.
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Aug 28, 2018A bit inconsistent, but when it's good, it's really good. Check it out, there's a handful of gems here.