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- Summary: The second album Robyn Hitchcock has recorded with The Venus 3 (Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, & Bill Rieflin) features a track used in the film Rachel Getting Married.
- Record Label: Yep Roc
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 13
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Mixed: 2 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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The vitality that fuels Goodnight Oslo makes it feel like Hitchcock is saying hello for the first time.
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Goodnight Oslo is Hitchcock’s most tightly arranged album of the decade.
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The highlight, however, comes at the very end. The dense and deeply hypnotic title track Goodnight Oslo could well end up on the list of class A drugs the next time the government gets round to discussing such matters.
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Under The RadarThe set is well-crafted yet loose, a testament to the chemistry Hitchcock has undoubtedly found with his new band. [Spring 2009, p.72]
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His dark, absurdist wit is intact.
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Hitchcock's second album with the Venus 3, who include R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, is less dazzling than 2006's "Ole! Tarantula," yet still pretty compelling.
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The 10-song album ricochets between great – the grammatically playful What You Is, the countryish Hurry For The Sky – and just okay.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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drunkenstepdadrezMar 1, 2009See the show - then you tell me.
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JimSMar 1, 2009
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