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Each of the eleven tracks within Grand Animals can be broken down and taken apart as a stand-alone piece--individually they hint at manner of pop rock sounds--but none carries enough weight to eclipse the album.
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Thanks in part to buoyant production from Italian composer-producer Daniele Luppi (Gnarls Barkley, John Legend), though, Grand Animals comes off less Robbery than sweet tribute.
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The group has balanced its studio ambition with just the right amount of real world restraint, coming up with a disc that actually improves on the first while maintaining the trio's wry quirks.
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Ben Trokan's fractured narratives get the space they need to keep this from becoming a Britpop mudslide.
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SpinThat tight, compressed punch [of staccato guitar rhythms] is augmented by subtle orchestrations whose airy ambience hints at the chameleon funk of David Bowie and the dance minimalism of early B-52's. [Aug 2007, p.106]
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Stripping down to a three-piece on the new ‘Grand Animals’ has actually made them more ornate.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 10
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Mixed: 1 out of 10
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Negative: 1 out of 10
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lepoussinv.Sep 11, 2007Just like it.
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ApplePieAug 30, 2007Awesome album ....just what I expected from this band.
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terrik.Aug 14, 2007