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- Summary: The fifth full-length release for the British comedian/musician was recorded in part in his home studio.
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- Record Label: PIAS
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| Obsessed and so obscure I felt my head decapitate Without a sense of it all I'm stuck between two trees I must've been a hundred feet But had no... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Sep 13, 2016He nails some sassy jazzy tunes mixed with poetic melancholia. There are still some lines that sound initially amusing in their absurdity.
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Q MagazineSep 13, 2016These are immaculately crafted songs. [Oct 2016, p.105]
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UncutSep 13, 2016Ten-minute jazz romp "Night Terrors" aside, Berry's sweet tooth brightens what is otherwise his straightest set yet. [Oct 2016, p.25]
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Sep 19, 2016There's a looseness to the sound that gives it some needed warmth and dynamics, while there are still enough vintage synths and spacy overdubs to keep it weird and home-cooked. So, the best of both worlds.
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Sep 20, 2016Finishing with the title track, The Small Hours finally becomes as strange and otherworldly as perhaps the entire album should have been. The whole work is not a disaster by any means, but it’s when Berry’s focus seems to wane and things seem more spontaneous that his music becomes more alive.
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Sep 13, 2016It’s never quite clear whether the album is an arch exercise throughout which Berry keeps an unimaginably straight face, or if any comic leanings are the fault of the listener, projecting “funny” on to what is a wholly accomplished work.
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Sep 14, 2016The spark of unpredictability that defined his previous records is sadly lacking.
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