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- Summary: The fourth full-length release for the Norwegian singer-songwriter Pål Moddi Knutsen features 12 songs from around the world that were banned and/or censored.
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- Record Label: Propeller Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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UncutOct 31, 2016Spanning conflicts from China to Chile, Algeria to Israel, the songs have a shared universality and power that makes up for the way the Anglification process erases cultural context. It works because Moddi's delivery is empathic and superb. [Nov 2016, p.32]
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Oct 31, 2016The importance of telling the tale far exceeds the risk for Moddi and so he should be praised for bringing these songs and their stories back into mainstream attention across a captivating musical and historical record.
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Oct 31, 2016There are songs from China, Chile and Algeria, along with Kate Bush’s Army Dreamers, at one time banned by the BBC. It’s unfortunate that A Matter of Habit, a powerful antiwar song by the Israeli singer Izhar Ashdot, is marred by swirling orchestral backing.
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MojoOct 31, 2016Moddi's own arrangements, translations and distinctive Donovan-esque tones ensures Unsongs coheres as a n album as well as an eye-opening lesson in the importance of music. [Nov 2016, p.88]