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- Summary: The electronic duo's new album includes guests such as Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Ian Astbury (The Cult), The Duke Spirit, and Autolux.
- Record Label: Surrender All
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 19
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Mixed: 13 out of 19
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Negative: 0 out of 19
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Some songs are intensely gripping, like the instrumental rave-up "Chemistry," which drives along like Mogwai never happened. Others are plain weird.
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If there’s a central problem with War Stories, it’s that at times it strays too close to rock orthodoxy and loses the offbeat stylistic flourishes that made Unkle such an exciting proposition to begin with.
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So, once again UNKLE have produced another good rather than great album that sounds ahead of the curve.
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Unfortunately, on the rest of War Stories, Lavelle plays it safe by sticking close to poppy electro-dance tunes.
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It's solid enough, but given the imagination they once possessed, it sounds like UNKLE are trying too hard.
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Under The RadarA whole album featuring Astbury or Clark would be spectacular, but the remainder of War Stories sounds like paint-by-numbers remixes. [Summer 2007, p.85]
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Every track on this record grows into some such perfectly orchestrated climax, surging as a function of the production alone and with nary a hook or clever turn of phrase or structural complication in sight.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 24
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Mixed: 2 out of 24
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Negative: 2 out of 24
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MargieROct 29, 2007
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ManchesterSJul 28, 2007
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JasonH.Aug 26, 2007
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AdP.Oct 6, 2007
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Nov 9, 2010
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JackB.Jul 17, 2007Price you pay is a quality track
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JoeN.Aug 9, 2007
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