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Billboard"Compound Eye" is difficult as a complete listen but works well in smaller chunks. [28 Jan 2006]
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UncutAs ever: endlessly clever, utterly inessential. [Feb 2006, p.81]
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Alternative PressContains all the usual suspects: a few great songs, a few throwaways, a bunch of head-scratching song titles and indie rock's best take on the Who. [Mar 2006, p.124]
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Paste MagazineEntrenched fans will be pleased to have another wing to explore in his ever-expanding mansion of song. [Feb/Mar 2006, p.110]
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BlenderAs double albums go, it's a hell of an EP. [Mar 2006, p.114]
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Q MagazinePollard's ear for a pop hook remains unswerving. [Mar 2006, p.109]
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An abundance of morose, meandering material in search of a hook.
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That Eye is neither great nor terrible and often very good can be attributed to one part talent and two parts luck. But the fact remains that Pollard is far too willing to leave all the heavy lifting to the listeners.
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While Pollard's nothing if not prolific, if ever he needed an editor to cut some passages and refocus others, it's here on From a Compound Eye.
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