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Universal acclaim- based on 199 Ratings
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Positive: 178 out of 199
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Mixed: 10 out of 199
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Negative: 11 out of 199
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Nov 2, 2019BANKS does what she does best with a new album of haunting ballads, but most of the songs on the last leg sound like things we've already heard before.
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Oct 12, 2016The Altar is more textured and artful than ‘Goddess’, BANKS growing into her role as a writer, upholding the sensual melancholia that characterised her debut. Yet, it still feels as if BANKS is fine-tuning her sound.
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Oct 12, 2016The Altar has a lot in common with Goddess, including its fatal flaw: its attempts to position Banks as edgy or dangerous, despite all musical evidence to the contrary.
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Oct 5, 2016The high points of The Altar are nearly perfect, but these are outnumbered by a massive middle section comprised of unremarkable, uninspired filler.