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79 out of 100

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  • Summary: Not-so-prolific Welsh singer-songwriter Green Gartside returns with his first Scritti Politti album in seven years.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Uncut
    100
    Could very well be the best record of this restlessly self-critical career. [Jul 2006, p.90]
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  2. The New York Times
    90
    [His] best work in 20 years. [25 Jul 2006]
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  3. Q Magazine
    60
    Occasionally there's a little too much going on... Overall, though, Gartside remains intriguing. [Jul 2006, p.116]
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  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. ava2811
    10
    Just discovered this album by chance about 2 months ago. I was a fan of the 80's scritti politti and this is definitely not cupid & psyche or provision. The first few times I listened to this I did not really get it. But when I finally got onto the same wavelength as Gartside, I was able to appreciate the pure GENIUS of this album. It is actually some of the best music I've heard in years!! "Favorite" track - "Locked" although it's all good. Absolutely beautiful, soothing, intelligent music, great vocals...PURE GENIUS. Cannot stop listening to this.… Expand
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  2. happeecow
    10
    This is quite fantastic, amazing, I am with every breath of it all the way....... is my desert island disc, the one i'd run to save when the waves come crashing in....… Expand
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  3. JoelB
    3
    It's wonderful that Green is still alive. But musically, really, go back and listen to Scritti's old stuff. He's lost it.
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