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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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PaulMJan 9, 2008I guess either you get it or you don't. Absolutely brilliant, hypnotic, otherworldly, beautiful...
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MRDec 6, 2007like massive attack in the 90s, this is the voice of urban britain a decade later
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giantrootJan 19, 2008Oh Jesus. Hype? No. It's Very Greatest Album of I've Listened.
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WillFeb 14, 2008Why do inventive and inspiring BRITISH artists get such a hard time on this site? First The Streets, then Dizzee Rascal and now Burial. Is it because American music is so uniformed and boring as shit or do the yanks just have a poor taste in music? This is a mesmerizing album from Burial that plays as the perfect backdrop to urban living in the UK.
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RyanLDec 14, 2007
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WesMOct 11, 2008It's like the beautifully bleak, manic depressive anti-thesis to Since I Left You by the Avalanches.
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LuisB.Jan 10, 2008Honestly have not been able to stop listening to this album. I have forced myself to stop listening to it because I believe its becoming an obsession. Usually it might take a couple listens before I get into an album, this one from my first listen I have not been able to stop. Absolutely haunting.
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dezv.Jan 8, 2008Very good album. If you're bored by all that lame guitarpop, folksy pretense and tuneless r&b/hiphop, this is homecoming.
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BrandonDJan 8, 2008I can understand why people wouldn't like this album, I wasn't too sure of it at first either. After a while, it definitely grew on me. Not exactly the best album of the year, but a great effort nonetheless.
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RobH.Mar 4, 2008OK Computer is an amazing album. There is actually no filler on it. I dont know what album you listened to. And Dizzee Rascal and the Streets are both good, but Burial is better. I like RadioHead more than Burial, but Burial is deffinately some of my favorite electronic music I have ever heard.
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PureDavisJul 30, 2008Amazing!
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AdamPMar 4, 2009If this album could be any better, it would be the epitome of perfection, and I don't think I could handle that as my mind would explode.
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JayNov 30, 2007After a couple of listens I can understand the attraction. We've been waiting for something this fantastic, but, I felt some repetition in some of the layout of the songs and wanted a different slant towards the end, I WANTED MORE. A few more listens I may feel different and see the simplicity in his follow through.
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CharlesNov 30, 2007Album of the year, by far. I'm thinking I'll consider it one of the tops of the decade in a few years time. I can't remember the last time I was so obsessed and excited by an album. Awesome and beautiful.
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PeterNov 30, 2007This album deserves the hype. One of the best electronic albums I've ever heard.
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JoeH.Dec 11, 2007The amazing thing about this record is that while it sounds like nothing I've heard before, it always feels like home. Somehow, without any real lyrics to speak of, Burial's music seems to evoke countless narratives. At times heartbreaking; at others full of hope. Archangel is easily one of the best tracks of the year.
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JustinMDec 1, 2007Gorgeously nuanced dubstep. Strong contender for the best electronic record of 2007.
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BssDec 10, 2007
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ToddW.Dec 13, 2007
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MycroftW.Dec 1, 2007This is one bloody spooky dance record.
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AlanR.Dec 14, 2007Hmmm.... 13 reviews and its still 91. Looks like good taste is contagious. Don't let the prudes dull your appreciation for subtle music.
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AlexanderSDec 4, 2007A wonderful album!
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[Anonymous]Dec 5, 2007I knew Burial would do better than his first album, but I wasn't expecting something this great. Nothing is better than listening to this album late at night driving in the city. Truly beautiful soundscapes with hypnotic beats.
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LanceT.Dec 6, 2007This album is spooky and beautiful at the same time. You can listen to it while you are trying to relax or when you want to have a pick me up. It's quite wonderful.
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RodM.Dec 6, 2007fantastic!
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PlatA.Jan 10, 2008Dubstup ftw
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AaronMJan 1, 2008Beautiful. Filled with all the dirt, grime, and grim lovelorn beauty of back alley London. Speaks wonders about city life away from the rich and famous.
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IanM.Jan 17, 2008Great album! I really cannot understand all the people comparing it to LCD Soundsytem and the like... "makes you want to feel like a teenager, until you remember the feelings of, a real live emotional teenager". And people say this sounds awkward and trite!!! Beautiful background music for a rainy day...
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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.