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Nov 8, 2011Yes, it sounds like you're now entering Bluejam, but Lynch discovered the place, and instead of quitting cinema to make an album that's being called his debut, it sounds more like he's coming home.
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Nov 7, 2011He could be a genius or he could be a lunatic; either way, one of modern filmdom's most debated and alluring figures has made an arresting album that successfully translates his visual surrealism to a new medium.
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Nov 2, 2011Although this is his first foray proper into the medium of electronic music, it's a masterful accomplishment.
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Nov 21, 2011Based on David Lynch's reputation, one can expect his first album to be either weird or cinematic. He delivers on both counts on Crazy Clown Time.
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Under The RadarFeb 2, 2012All throughout, Lynch succeeds in taking often innocuous subject matter and turning it into a dark, sometimes humorous, but always anxiety-ridden event. [#39, p.71]
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Nov 15, 2011The album as a whole is neither as crazy nor as clownish as fans would hope.
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Nov 14, 2011Crazy Clown Time isn't a groundbreaking work in the way that Lynch's films are, but that's not to say that there's not a lot of darkling pleasure for the intrepid and the curious.
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Nov 11, 2011Even if Crazy Clown Time isn't as accessible as some of the collaborations that arrived shortly before the album, Lynch fans will appreciate it as another example of his ability to put his unmistakable stamp on every art form he attempts.
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Nov 7, 2011No matter what any of the songs sound like, Lynch stands center stage, his fingerprints over every single element of the music, and the expressive, emotive features on this album create a real response in the listener, from familiarity to icy discomfort.
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Nov 7, 2011He wisely sticks to the spoken word for much of the album, whether delivering the sinister inner monologue of a stalker or a robot-voiced attempt to advocate Transcendental Mediation.
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Nov 7, 2011When the album works, it's truly something to behold, a marvelously twisted effort that acts as a corollary to the warped images Lynch has been creating for years.
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Nov 2, 2011It is a peculiar little record, but it hangs together very well, and makes a reasonable case for his ability to wring something worthy out of whatever art form he chooses to tackle.
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Entertainment WeeklyNov 11, 2011A typically creepy solo set full of warped guitars and carnival-barker vocals. [11 Nov 2011, p.75]
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Nov 8, 2011Crazy Clown Time never succumbs to the weight of its own novelty, and fits in nicely with Lynch's untidy and constantly evolving body of work.
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Nov 11, 2011What this results in is an album that is just as frequently successful as it is frustrating.
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Nov 2, 2011It's kind of cool, kind of confusing, and kind of boring.
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Nov 8, 2011Unfortunately, none of these songs actually feel like songs. Only a few have choruses or any significant chord changes. Instead, they're set pieces, which makes sense.
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Nov 29, 2011