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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 19
  2. Negative: 2 out of 19
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  1. Feb 5, 2019
    4
    Is it any surprise that the best songs on this album are the ones that sound the most like Stone Roses tunes? Nope. Any surprise that the rest is indulgent, self-played and -produced stuff that any Roses tribute band could play in their sleep with half the members missing? Nope. Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? Not here - it's exactly as expected, unfortunately.
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62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

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  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Mar 11, 2019
    50
    King monkey contemplates his navel. [Apr 2019, p.89]
  2. Feb 6, 2019
    50
    Nothing really jumps out, and Ian Brown’s seventh album still feels weirdly unrewarding, the artist playing a contented father rather than raging at the current state of the world. That is fair enough of course, but for an artist as established and inspirational as Ian Brown has been over the decades, we surely deserve waves rather than ripples.
  3. Q Magazine
    Feb 4, 2019
    80
    It's not the third coming many Stone Roses fans may have hoped for, but Ripples marks the welcome return of a solo artist who never rested on his laurels or allowed himself to be overshadowed by past glories. [Mar 2019, p.110]