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What is really so special about Gotham! is its infectiousness.
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*The* hook-saturated, dance-rock record of 2002.... A near-perfect hybrid of perpetual rhythm, flow and hooks.
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'Gotham!' is an infinitely danceable and certainly insightful record that gets better with each listen, on every frequency.
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Alternative PressRadio 4 evoke the Clash, Wire, Les Savy Fav and neo-new wave, jamming epileptic rhythms with chunks of white noise to get a restlessly eclectic sound. [Jun 2002, p.82]
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Half dance party, half political rally, Gotham is a rock record for a new era.
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Because the disc's energetic blend of electronics, robotics, and riffage is so vivacious, it hardly matters that the shadows of Radio 4's predecessors loom large over "Gotham."
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One of the best, if not the best, of the Brooklyn-based, Gang of Four-worshipping lot.
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My only complaint about this brilliant album is that the first half is so strong, the second half is weak in comparison.
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Q MagazineStruggle, New Disco, and Dance To The Underground are too-self conscious by half but they're still hoisted by a steamrolling dynamic and sharp hooks. [Nov 2002, p.110]
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It's not a bad album by most standards-- in fact it's pretty good at points-- but in the end slides into a mire of adequacy after generating high expectations early on.