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Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. 90
    With Great Spans of Muddy Time William Doyle has now become his own man, capable of producing work on an equal level to those who have come before. It’s exciting to think of what might come next.
  2. Mar 30, 2021
    80
    William Doyle’s Great Spans Of Muddy Time fuses the emotional honesty of 1960s girl groups with muscular electronica to create an atmosphere of absolute sincerity and uncertainty soaked in pop yearning. It is an album that truly sinks in.
  3. Mojo
    Mar 18, 2021
    80
    Seesawing between pristine songcraft and experimentalism makes for a diverse, satisfying whole. [Apr 2021, p.94]
  4. Uncut
    Mar 18, 2021
    80
    Putting perfectionism aside hasn't lessen his knack for melody and texture. [Apr 2021, p.27]
  5. Mar 18, 2021
    80
    Great Spans of Muddy Time makes for an immersive, profound experience that will reward repeat listens.
  6. Mar 24, 2021
    74
    On one hand, Muddy Time is clearly a love letter to Doyle’s beloved predecessors, most readily perhaps Robert Wyatt’s Rock Bottom as well as Eno’s earlier vocal flirtations. But it’s also perhaps the most complete vision of Doyle’s works yet.
  7. Mar 22, 2021
    70
    This is a messy, distracted record for messy, distracted times. Its creator has produced something studiously imperfect, a cracked vase that’s beauty you can’t help but admire while still wishing you could see it perfect and whole.
  8. Mar 18, 2021
    70
    It probably won’t be to everyone’s tastes – at times, it all becomes a bit too doomy and inaccessible, such as on Theme From Muddy Time – and newcomers to his music may be best pointed towards Your Wilderness Revisited instead. Nevertheless, this is another fine example of Doyle’s talent – and, considering he only turned 30 earlier this year, indicates a lot more to come in the years ahead.
  9. Mar 18, 2021
    70
    What ‘Great Spans…’ may lack in coherence, it makes up for with occasional moments of sheer beauty.

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