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Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Uncut
    Sep 20, 2018
    90
    Their best for a while. ... An extended, uncharacteristically rocking release. [Nov 2018, p.34]
  2. Aug 22, 2018
    90
    This is not a flirtation but the sound of the Necks entering genuine rock territory... and it’s brilliant.
  3. The Wire
    Sep 21, 2018
    80
    Body is a sound sculpture that cares less for internal time than for the cerebral pleasures of long duration. [Oct 2018, p.60]
  4. Sep 13, 2018
    80
    That Body ends so softly is itself a brilliant resolution, even though its obvious contrast with its first notes is more clever than I care.
  5. Sep 7, 2018
    80
    Like a great short story, Body is well worth revisiting, even after you know the plot twist, to savor details and subtleties you missed the first (or second or third) time around.
  6. Mojo
    Aug 21, 2018
    80
    A keeper. ... This is still a terrific entry point into a band who repay obsession. [Oct 2018, p.87]
  7. Aug 21, 2018
    80
    The Necks move incrementally forward in their quest for the musical unknown on Body; it displays all their creative strengths in a single typically engrossing work.
  8. Aug 21, 2018
    80
    For a trio that has reveled in building its own little worlds for three decades, Body feels newly reflective of our space and time, a stark and jarring statement about the precipice of modern life.
  9. Aug 21, 2018
    70
    Body doesn’t have the telekinetic bond of the Necks’ famed live show, or the gorgeous ambience of recent albums like Vertigo and Untold, but it brings these veterans into a different space.

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