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- Summary: The first new solo studio release in five years for British singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock features contributions from such artists as Johnny Marr, Sean Ono Lennon, Pat Sansone, Eric Slick Kimberley Rew, and Morris Windsor of The Soft Boys.
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- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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UncutOct 17, 2022If it's not as striking as its predecessor, its colourful patchwork exterior clothes some of Hitchcock's finest recent songs. [Nov 2022, p.29]
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Oct 17, 2022From heavy skiffle to serpent gods to ponderings on Pacino, noir and mortality, this charms and challenges.
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Oct 28, 2022Returning after a five-year studio hiatus (ages in the Hitchcock discography), the esteemed sorcerer of pop surrealism delivers a more than worthy successor to his acclaimed 2017 self-titled effort.
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The WireOct 17, 2022It isn’t Blonde On Blonde or John Wesley Harding – two acknowledged influences, on the decision to go to Nashville, at least – but the sheer energy of association and the adolescent clarity of understanding often yields strikingly subtle results. ... It isn’t always grown-up, but there’s nothing more mature than embracing immaturity. [Nov 2022, p.62]
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Oct 18, 2022Concepts like “consistency” and “quality” are relative, but a new album from Robyn Hitchcock is always good for a grand reminder of what is truly “great”, and Shufflemania! is no exception.
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Oct 20, 2022Robyn Hitchcock’s easy-going sense of whatever-will-be-will-be floats through the varied compositions on SHUFFLEMANIA! as the artist (with a little help from his friends) slips and slides around his Beatles inspired pop offerings.
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Oct 21, 2022An English one-off, in fine voice.
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