Untrue - Burial
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90 out of 100

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7.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 358 Ratings

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  • Summary: The second album for the London-based anonymous dubstep artist.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. The Guardian
    100
    As addictive as its predecessor, Untrue confirms that Burial possesses not just the keen ear of a Lee Perry or Martin Hannett.
  2. Tiny Mix Tapes
    100
    It seems as though the quick release of Untrue restricted Burial from burying his emotions underneath layers of alternatively sparse and overwhelming production as he did on his debut, resulting in an album that instead wears them unabashedly on its sleeve.
  3. Blender
    80
    The album works as an ambient whole, its fog-bank synths, yearning vocal slivers and stoic basslines filling the room with melancholy.
  4. Uncut
    60
    Untrue is altogether warmer than its predecessor. [Jan 2008, p.87]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 143 out of 200
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 200
  3. Negative: 37 out of 200
  1. PaulM
    10
    I guess either you get it or you don't. Absolutely brilliant, hypnotic, otherworldly, beautiful...
  2. JuliaA.
    8
    First spin: BORINGGG second spin: well,it's decent third spin: I'd move to London respectively.
  3. ZachW.
    5
    I simply don't get it I guess.
  4. AdamB
    4
    I just don't understand the hype - there is nothing original or 'beautiful' about it. It's dull, end of story.

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