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- Summary: The debut solo album for the Underworld co-founder is less electronic than his partnership with Rick Smith.
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- Record Label: Universal
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Club/Dance
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Positive: 8 out of 14
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Mixed: 6 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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MojoApr 19, 2013The electronic undercurrent that's hummed throughout Hyde's musical life to date is there on Edgeland, but only in the gentlest of forms. [May 2013, p.85]
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Apr 29, 2013A joyous but intricate album, Edgeland is a perfectly paced outlet for Hyde’s cryptic urban snapshots.
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Jun 4, 2013This is sweetly strange and often emotional music--an album of disquieting tone poems and outlandish lullabies.
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Apr 24, 2013The songs often sway back and forth; they are too structured and busy to be called ambient, but the music is often freeform, drifting in and out of its own meter.
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May 16, 2013The result is unexpected; thick, major label-backed, acoustically driven independent pop songs with a folkish tinge, laced with soft electronics and David Bryne-like vocals. BBC Radio 2 beckons.
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UncutApr 25, 2013The tone of observational distance build to an understated climax with "Shadow Boy." [Jun 2013, p.74]
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Apr 22, 2013Hyde's stream-of-consciousness lyrics are more rambling than visionary.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Aug 24, 2013
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