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- Summary: This is the second album for Norwegian singer-songwriter Even Johansen, who records under the name Magnet.
- Record Label: Filter / Atlantic
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Singer-Songwriter
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Positive: 2 out of 7
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Mixed: 5 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Alternative PressEvery song sounds like background music in an art-house film. [Apr 2006, p.207]
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A smooth, delightful whole.
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Unfortunately, tracks like "The Pacemaker" amount to a lot of electronic pitter-patter and not a whole lot of substance, revealing a collection of songs that's less ambitious and tightly woven than 2004's exquisite On Your Side.
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For all of its accessibility and open-ended melodicism, however, The Tourniquet offers few moments of sustainable substance.
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Unexceptional and devoid of charm, The Tourniquet is, on the whole, disposable.
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Like much of X&Y, Magnet is exceptionally unobtrusive, music to ignore.
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Under The RadarThe Tourniquet is the sound of a songwriter systematically polishing the edges off of everything that made his music so appealing in the first place. [#13, p.97]
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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KevinAMar 31, 2006I admit I like the more electronic On Your Side. But I still feel the cold Nordic air with this one..
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