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- Summary: The latest solo album from the Hüsker Dü founding member was inspired by John Milton's Paradise Lost.
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- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Positive: 18 out of 21
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Mixed: 3 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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Jul 23, 2013Considering the breadth and depth of his work with Hüsker Dü, Hart doesn’t need to secure his legacy; that’s already been done. But with The Argument, he’s substantially and staggeringly added to it.
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Jul 22, 2013This is a no-flab 20-song cinematic suite in four movements, featuring Hart’s weather-beaten Bowie-like semi-falsetto in all of its majesty.
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Q MagazineJul 16, 2013The Argument is a wondrous thing, full of its own joy. [Aug 2013, p.99]
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Jul 24, 2013There’s decidedly no fall from grace here for Grant Hart on The Argument, his most ambitious and accomplished album in years.
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Aug 13, 2013The very best tracks grapple with eternal themes of love, fear, suffering and the transmigration of the soul, with the overarching narrative largely irrelevant; the low points, however, take the dramatic framework and hit you upside the holy head.
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Jul 24, 2013The Argument may not be the best place for novices to acquaint themselves with the work of Grant Hart but for long-term observers it proves to be a welcome return from a singular if erratic talent.
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Jul 22, 2013This is an encouraging partial return to form from an underrated talent.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Apr 12, 2021
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