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- Summary: Featuring influences from country, hip-hop and R&B, the two-disc release for the British band led by Mike Scott was recorded in Dublin and Tokyo.
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- Record Label: BMG
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Sep 8, 2017While the overall Detroit/Memphis tone is tempered somewhat on the second CD, where Steve Wickham’s fiddle is featured more prominently. Scott’s amorous enthusiasm can be a tad gauche at times, but the languidity of his riposte, in “Kinky’s History Lesson”, to an ill-judged slur on British courage during World War Two, is belied by its razoring impact.
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Q MagazineSep 8, 2017Scott can't help but overcook things occasionally but fans will gorge on this rich feast of country, soul and downhome rock'n'roll. [Oct 2017, p.111]
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Sep 14, 2017The ambition and scope of these 23 songs is undeniably impressive, Scott still with a firm grip on the country and folk-minded tropes of his best back pages, augmented by (mostly) successful detours into the arenas of soul, funk, even hip-hop.
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Sep 8, 2017Overall, Out of All This Blue is a bold experiment that succeeds, and once again demonstrates the depth and breadth of Mike Scott's talent.
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Sep 11, 2017If anything, Scott’s romantic instincts are accentuated in an unprecedented way on Out of All This Blue because so much of this lengthy album is devoted to love songs.
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MojoSep 8, 2017Mike Scott still has something worthwhile to say, but on Out Of All This Blue you wish there was a little less of it. [Out 2017, p.91]
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Sep 15, 2017These words deserve better than the music that has been made to accompany them.
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