Ibibio Sound Machine
by Ibibio Sound Machine
  • Record Label: Soundway
  • Release Date: Apr 1, 2014
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  1. WhiskeyStories
    May 23, 2017
    7
    Funky tunes all around. Ibibio Sound Machine has a very unique and refreshing sound and style that gets your blood pumping and makes you want to dance.

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74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. PopMatters
    Jun 11, 2014
    70
    The highs and lows come from the instruments. The richness is in the brass section. But there are no emotional lows, only funk lows and disco lows, which, in emotional terms, are virtually highs, the landing places in a bouncing run.
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  2. The Quietus
    Mar 19, 2014
    70
    At under forty minutes, an album of groove-based music in a foreign language doesn't have much time to make an impact, but it certainly does leave you wanting more.
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  3. Q Magazine
    Mar 18, 2014
    60
    While William's folk inspirations remain obscure, with talking fish and tortoises featuring as well as birds, her music boasts a striking immediacy. [Apr 2014, p.112]
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