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- Summary: The trio's seventh studio album is its first to include vocals, which are provided by guests Chan Marshall (Cat Power) and Sally Timms (The Mekons).
- Record Label: Touch & Go
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 21
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Mixed: 2 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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With a solid emotional through-line and a few sonic surprises, Cinder is a musical novella, whose narrative compels you to its last luxurious line.
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Chan Marshall adds an autumnal tint to Great Waves, but it's far from the high point. The frantic, abrasive Flutter, or heart-melting closer In Fall don't need vocals: their wild poetry is beyond words.
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It would be a lie to say some of Cinder doesn't seem ramshackle. You can tell the difference between a song carefully arranged and one in which the band's three members appear to be improvising in the studio.
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Cinder isn't an album that wallops you over the head at any points, but wins you over with steady and solid songs.
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It's Dirty Three as they've always been, testing their limits, but still producing some of the prettiest and most artful music around.
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Q MagazineContains more than its fair share of exquisite melancholy and careering abandon. [Nov 2005, p.123]
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Cinder keeps things reserved, letting the sad-eyed melodies teeter around the room at a drunkard's pace.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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karlsNov 23, 2005Album of the year from the best rock'n'roll band on the planet.
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MichaelGOct 14, 2005Awesome
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[Anonymous]Oct 28, 2005I miss the mysticism of their earlier work, and the downright rock of thei even earlier work. Cat Power
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EDec 20, 2005
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