The Vision - Joker
  • Band Name: Joker
  • Record Label: 4AD
  • Release Date: Nov 8, 2011
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  • Summary: The British dubstep and grime producer Liam McLean releases his full-length debut on the 4AD label.

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  1. Positive: 7 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 23
  3. Negative: 1 out of 23
  1. Q Magazine
    Dec 15, 2011
    80
    His debut combines melodic dubstep with a dose of Timbaland-style R&B. [Dec. 2001 p. 127]
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  2. Uncut
    Nov 23, 2011
    60
    The Vision unveils a colorful, sensualist take on the dubstep sound, flexing basslines set into relief by twinkling R&B melodies and a host of guest vocalists. [Dec 2011, p.87]
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  3. Mixmag
    Feb 10, 2012
    60
    It's not 100 per cent coherent, but especially if you get the bonus instrumental disc you'll find proof of an important talent spreading his wings.
  4. Consequence of Sound
    Nov 8, 2011
    30
    It's the uninspired and homogenous manner in which Joker goes about ironing out nearly everything that made his tunes memorable to begin with that makes The Vision one of the most disappointing debuts of the year.

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