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Generally favorable reviews- based on 472 Ratings
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Positive: 368 out of 472
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Mixed: 47 out of 472
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Negative: 57 out of 472
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AntonyH.Dec 13, 2007
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JohnJ.Dec 18, 2007Best album of the year!
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MikeC.Dec 18, 2007Best album of the year - get some head phones on and turn it up!
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SarahDec 4, 2007I do not always like to see electronica albums topping the best albums list given there are so few of them relative to everything else. But this one really is quite something.
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ChuChuDec 5, 2007Don't listen to the haters. This is a solid album full of atmosphere.
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RogerS.Dec 5, 2007
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JADec 5, 2007"Untrue" sounds more real and true than all the other music I've bought this year. It's got me hooked.
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100100100100Dec 6, 2007I wish certain critics would stop throwing 100 scores around.
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AlexRDec 6, 2007The album feels deeply personal. Dark and brooding, behind driving percussion (or not) and equally dark and brooding beats, this is one of the great records of 2007. Also, Radiohead is way more art rock than electronica any day.
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AlexODec 8, 2007Hey chris b apparently you cant make nice sounds on your laptop because you don't have a 91 rated album. I'm not a big fan of electronica but somehow this album seems to me a wonderful masterpiece. It's less about the beats than the interesting sonic textures presented to us.
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EricM.Dec 8, 2007"Entroducing" fans heed! Same sound different perspective!
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AndrewHDec 9, 2007It's impossible to hear it's genious on first listen.
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JOEJan 12, 2008great album!!!!!!!!!! the amount of detail that has been lavished on this record is incredible. Stick your headphones on and enjoy........ like listening to someones best kept secret!
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clarkf.Jan 13, 2008
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DanM.Jan 15, 2008An amazing album. The kind that you can completely get lost in. The only reason I didn't give it a 10 is that I generally don't listen to this type of music and I probably fail to grasp some of the nuances. The simple fact is that it is inexplicable and infectiously beautiful.
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JImHJan 17, 2008Grows on you if you give it a shot. Don't expect to get it until you're in the right frame of mind. Keep listening over a few weeks and suddenly it will make sense.
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JohnQJan 17, 2008incredible on a pair of headphones. one of my favourite albums of all time.
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DuncanYJan 18, 2008This is so so good! I don't understand the hate.
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johnkJan 19, 2008I can't get enough of this. Burial makes absolutely fascinating music. Archangel in particular is beautiful.
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SDKJan 22, 2008
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JeremyFJan 24, 2008
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SGJan 25, 2008negative reviews? you don't know what music is if you don't like this. this IS south London on a record. vinyl white noise, dark London streets, unknown vocals, seething bass. burial is the banksy of the music world, but with no irony. this album is straight up, and it's art.
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AlexF.Jan 31, 2008This is an amazing album, have only recently been introduced to dubstep, and was shown this Burial album. I now cant stop listening to it!! I LOVE IT
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OllieHJul 11, 2008this album gives me shivers every time I listen to it, the amount of warmth and emotion here is unparalleled in electronic/dance music
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BehnamM.Aug 14, 2008Some kind of postmodern view of a modern city. you can feel all cries of being so tierd of aloneness. its represents all of dark hiden emotions such as hatress, grief, moans, and lurking assault of a sneaky stress wich altogether transform to a giant feel of ruin. a masterpiece of atmospheric albums. Marvelous
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HenriNAug 19, 2008Up to this point, only a single naysayer has managed to brand this album as "pretentious". Did you people just graduate the junior high of haterdom?
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JohnJ.Nov 29, 2007Best album of the year!
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HarryH.Nov 29, 2007Cool and sad. Brand new and retro. Hard edged and gentle. Wonderful music.
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TylerF.Dec 17, 2007So Pitchfork, Popmatters, and BBC aren't good enough for you?
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TomH.Dec 18, 2007Possibly the best album of 2007 for me, better than his debut, namely because it has homeless on which is a brilliant song.
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Awards & Rankings
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Burial has concocted a noir-ish sound that’s as powerful as it is atmospheric.
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What gives this album more depth is the focus, the rolling symmetry and cinema.
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That emptiness tempts a listener in, and puts you in its place--you, in a sense, step into the record’s point of view. This invitation to intimacy is a powerful move that most club music is simply incapable of.