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Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Aug 22, 2017
    100
    All in all, it’s an exhaustive trawl through this proud provincial stronghold’s extraordinary creative archive and arguably the definitive guide to our trends in the north.
  2. 95
    Obviously seven CDs need a major investment of time, but the investment is certainly rewarded.
  3. 90
    Hard to find fault with, and much to find pleasure with.
  4. Magnet
    Aug 22, 2017
    90
    The set is exhaustive, but it's not an overdose. [No. 144, p.60]
  5. Q Magazine
    Aug 29, 2017
    80
    This 147-track box (plus 92-page booklet) is thankfully packed with predominately great music. [Oct 2017, p.113]
  6. Uncut
    Aug 22, 2017
    70
    Often, the more oblique voices speak loudest from Manchester Mekons' pop-prog punk collectivism, through Durutti Column's moist-eyed melancholy, World Of Twist's epic pop oddness, to classic British hip-hop from Ruthless Rap Assassins. [Sep 2017, p.53]

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