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Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Sep 28, 2022
    90
    It may be nearly 35 years since The Charlatans signed to Beggars Banquet, but for sheer scope and invention, Tim Burgess knows no bounds.
  2. Sep 27, 2022
    80
    He seems to explore his craft, experimenting with electronic instruments throughout each track, yet stays close to home.
  3. Sep 23, 2022
    80
    Maybe it'd be easier to digest if it was broken into a series of EPs, but part of the point of Typical Music is that it offers an immersion into an expansive, eccentric worldview. It needs all of its messiness to paint a full portrait.
  4. Classic Rock Magazine
    Sep 23, 2022
    80
    It's a brimming grab-bag of brilliance and a total joy. [Oct 2022, p.77]
  5. Mojo
    Sep 23, 2022
    80
    Burgess's bushy-tailed optimism and quality control never dips. [Nov 2022, p.94]
  6. Sep 23, 2022
    80
    Burgess says that he “fell in love with the world again” after Covid, and you can hear that across Typical Music: After This and the sublime The Centre of Me (Is a Symphony Of You) hurtle forth with all the lust for life and seemingly boundless joie de vivre of their creator.
  7. Oct 10, 2022
    70
    The more-is-more nature of Typical Music may be a mixed blessing, but Burgess’ and the album’s biggest gift is a generosity of spirit.
  8. Uncut
    Sep 23, 2022
    70
    Wiggy electronics abound, from the urgent gallop of the title track and the woozy psych-pop of “Kinetic Connection” to the cinematic orchestrations of “Slacker” and “A Quarter To Eight”. Think The Flaming Lips’ sci-fisonics given a very English twist. [Oct 2022, p.26]
  9. 60
    Sparks and fireworks go off all over ‘Typical Music’ too and, bar a few inevitable misfires, there’s plenty to gasp at.
  10. Sep 26, 2022
    60
    This is an album that perfectly reflects Burgess’s guileless, up-for-anything, good-egg nature.

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