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Sep 14, 2017With enough reference points for old heads to spot and enjoy, but enough invention and melody to stand entirely on its own two feet, To The Bone--with its tales of paranoia and love in the fake news era--is thoroughly recommended.
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Sep 12, 2017This record’s strength is its directness. It may lean more towards the mainstream than usual, but that makes it another fresh move in a career full of them. No matter what styles he tries, Wilson excels. In that case, To The Bone is not so different at all.
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Aug 30, 2017To The Bone exposes and splinters insular communities and their ideas of elitism. But by observing the album through this prism alone, its real nature is obscured--that of a flawed and powerless homage.
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Aug 17, 2017While To the Bone sometimes seems inconsistent, it's an illusion; repeated listening reveals that Wilson's brand of progressive pop is so multivalently textured and expertly crafted, that its aesthetic and sonic palette refuse to be contained under a single rock umbrella. As such, To the Bone stands with Wilson's best work.
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Aug 17, 2017Melancholy defines Wilson’s music, no matter the project, which makes the unapologetic happiness of To the Bone a welcome entry into his catalogue. In post-truth times, joyous music may seem absurd, but Wilson makes it, and the times we live in, feel alright.
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Aug 15, 2017There are hooks here, but they are scattered and often attached to tracks that come worryingly close to mediocre exercises in MOR.
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Aug 11, 2017He displays that it’s just as impressive to make an effective pop song, as it is to create a progressive rock epic. Steven Wilson proves that an artist can venture into uncharted musical waters, even 30 years into their career, for ambitious and vibrant results like these.
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Aug 10, 2017To The Bone is arguably his best and most complete solo album yet.
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Q MagazineAug 2, 2017It's all wonderfully executed. [Sep 2017, p.116]
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UncutAug 2, 2017A lush and ambitious piece of progressive pop music. [Sep 2017, p.38]
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Aug 2, 2017To The Bone is not perfect Throughout, but the immaculately clean production, thought-provoking lyrics, and refined aesthetics make it an excellent introduction to the qualities that make Steven Wilson such an important songwriter and producer in modern music, prog or otherwise. [Jul-Sep 2017, p.62]
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MojoAug 2, 2017To The Bone keeps its pop and prog influences in a near perfect balance--flash and flamboyant at times but with some lovingly crafted big tunes. [Sep 2017, p.86]
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