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A beautiful concept that's been beautifully executed.
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A cracked masterpiece.... it rewards your attention with dreamy, surreal vistas, skewed poetry and flights of unadulterated musical madness.
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UncutBy turns oblique, soulful, scornful yet rarely dissonant. Rather, it's one of their lovelier, more formal offerings. [Mar 2005, p.108]
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Alternative PressGoing "conventional" may be the strangest move the Residents have ever made. [May 2005, p.178]
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The WireThe Residents walk a precarious line between American underbelly creepiness and a more mannered absurdism. [#254, p.63]
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MojoFans will wallow in the superficial nuttiness of it all--though profound issues underlie the wilful eccentricity. [Mar 2005, p.96]
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On Animal Lovers, the Residents show, as always, a lot of heart and thought in the lyrics and ideas and even in their theatrical vocal performances, but that effort only sporadically shows up in the music itself.
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Q MagazineNot for the unquesting. [Mar 2005, p.101]
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UrbDystopia pop at its most intriguing. [May 2005, p.93]
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In small doses, Animal Lover acts as the perfect antidote to a musical landscape often cluttered by acts too timid to truly challenge their audiences.
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Under The RadarFor better or for worse, the rest of the music world has caught up with them. [#9]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 13
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Mixed: 1 out of 13
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Negative: 1 out of 13
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GeneGJan 9, 2006I always loved their - and now also more/ Very minds album/ Great thanx!!!
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paulmJun 20, 2005
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vincetMay 29, 2005