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Universal acclaim- based on 62 Ratings
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Positive: 55 out of 62
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Mixed: 5 out of 62
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Negative: 2 out of 62
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[Anonymous]Aug 10, 2007amazing, unique...you've never heard anything like this. She elegantly mixes the greatest elements that made Bjork stand out in her Debut era, and mixes it with the more simplistic elements of radiohead or sigur ros. It is truly a beautiful escape to another world.
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ClareO.Aug 13, 2007'Fur and Gold' is one of the most beautiful and adventurous albums I have heard in ages. The Kate Bush and Bjork comparisons are well-deserved. The album is full of stand-out tracks, but my favourites are 'Horse and I' and 'What's a girl to do'. Highly recommended.
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DanaB.Aug 10, 2007"Fur and Gold announces Natasha Khan
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JonNov 12, 2007An engaging, fantastic and sometimes brutal album. The surrealistic lyrics and beautiful sounds make this the best album of 2007.
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sylviom.Aug 21, 2007Delicious to hear alone.
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GregoryH.Sep 12, 2007Fur and gold is a wonderful album. It is among my favorites this year.
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AuntieS.Sep 14, 2007Ephemeral, beautiful, absolutely otherworldly! Nicely scratches the same itch as, and compares nicely with earlier female UK trailblazers (and obvious influences) such as Kate Bush at her peak ("Hounds of Love") & early Sinead O'Connor (Think "Lion and the Cobra" era), and more thoughtful and complex than contemporary Goldfrapp. I can't stop playing it.
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May 25, 2011
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Aug 25, 2015Perfection. .
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Sep 11, 2019One of the best debuts I've ever heard.
Maybe the best album of 2007.
Trophy, Seal Jubilee, What's a Girl To Do? & Prescilla still some of my all time favorite songs till today. -
jvAug 8, 2007This album is amazing. Natasha Khan has a beautiful voice, and Trophy is one of my favorite songs currently.
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SteAJan 13, 2008Absolutely brilliant.
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BjornC.Oct 3, 2007
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TimC.Oct 6, 2007This is a fabulous album. Full of atmospheric songs and some quite extraordinary and original music.
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JoeK.Aug 12, 2007I like this one quite a bit, it recalls a bit of early Goldfrapp and a little early cat power. Great album, It'll be good to see what they'll do once the sound becomes more confident.
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GeneB.Aug 31, 2007Not as great as some of the "10"s, who probably have, like, a 10 CD collection...but clearly loads better than the "1" given by the dweeb who's fascinated with their dog's bowel movements. Khan is clearly talented, and this could be the foundation of a solid career.
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Oct 26, 2011A great album - well worth it's mercury music prize nomination. Original and inventive but at the same time extermely listenable. A much better version of Florence and the Machine.
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TimeOct 22, 2007I don't understand the comparisons to Kate Bush. I guess because this band features a British woman that's what critic's automatically link her to. This is one of those Cat Power followers like Feist. It's not bad but please it's not Kate Bush.
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Awards & Rankings
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Bat for Lashes' music feels like some lost specter that has fortuitously wandered into your home and can't help but haunt you.
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An entrancing, wonderfully surprising record which manages to feel both refreshing new and strangely timeless.
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Bat For Lashes' debut, Fur And Gold, is an album that delivers the listener from any form of humdrum existence into a deeper realm of dream and dementia.