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This is one of those records that will leave listeners still scratching their heads and smiling (at the same time) after repeat listens for years to come.
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MojoCertainly the most accessible [album] of their career. [Jun 2006, p.99]
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Listening to Introduction is like viewing the world through someone else's glasses, skewed, disturbing and perhaps causing a bit of vertigo.
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New Musical Express (NME)At its best, this is the sound of Captain Tofuheart; at worst -- on 'Elegy' -- it is literally an out-of-tune dirge. [29 Apr 2006, p.39]
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There's a fair share of undeveloped sequences and meandering noodling, but that's the price you pay for the effortless pop collages.
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An effortless triumph that should appeal to Red Krayola fans and newcomers alike.
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The WireIntroduction serves both as a reminder of Thompson's often overlooked sense of humour and an exploration of certain cliches endemic to the pop song, but most importantly, it just rocks. [#266, p.63]
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Some of the catchiest songs he's ever written.