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Oct 4, 2011The result is a strong, confident record that's his best solo effort to date.
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Feb 17, 2012The result is his best and most kinetic solo album yet.
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Oct 4, 2011Whilst it's obviously no Dog Man Star, Brett Anderson's tenth round rings the bell for a local hero with spirit reborn, heart aflame, trash talkin' and eyeing the prize once more.
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Sep 29, 2011While a good half of the album demonstrates a genuine songwriting nous, other elements hint at a mere rehashing of old Suede ideas. More's the pity, as the opening three tracks alone are worth the price of admission.
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Sep 29, 2011Black Rainbows isn't all-out kick-ass noise but, by turns, spindly and fuzzy, smooth and angular.
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Sep 29, 2011The record boasts maybe his finest solo single to date in 'Brittle Heart', plus a clutch of mid-tempo rockers that scrub up nicely--even if the seedy Soho glam of yore is replaced by a leadenly earnest tone.
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Q MagazineNov 8, 2011Black Rainbows is the right album at the right moment. With its rich, layered sound and its hugely enjoyable preening, it is unashamedly Suede-esque. [Nov. 2011, p. 127]
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MojoOct 5, 2011Black Rainbows is a pretty good dress rehearsal. [Oct 2011, p.97]
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Sep 29, 2011While imparting a palpable sense of immediacy to the performances, there are some tracks that could do with more work.
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Sep 29, 2011While Black Rainbows may represent more of a flickering flame than a raging inferno, it at least yields some evidence that Anderson's once-fiery persona has not been completely extinguished.
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Sep 29, 2011The mid-section lets him down, slumping into the bad habits of his debut solo album.
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Sep 29, 2011Nearly twenty years on from Suede's debut and he sounds pretty much unchanged.
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UncutOct 3, 2011Anderson's songs still find him leading a herd of misunderstood waifs but offer little to tempt the uninitiated. [Oct 2011, p.81]