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Turning [Live]
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  • Artist(s): Charles Atlas
  • Summary: In 2006, Antony Hegarty and filmmaker Charles Atlas worked on creating a performance piece exploring femininity and identity that evolved into a concert tour with an orchestra. The tour was recorded and resulted in Turning, a documentary by Charles Atlas as well as a live album of the band'sIn 2006, Antony Hegarty and filmmaker Charles Atlas worked on creating a performance piece exploring femininity and identity that evolved into a concert tour with an orchestra. The tour was recorded and resulted in Turning, a documentary by Charles Atlas as well as a live album of the band's performance in 2006 at London's Barbican.… Expand
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  • Record Label: Secretly Canadian
  • Genre(s): Vocal, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Soundtracks, Stage & Screen, Chamber Pop, Cabaret
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Record Collector
    Nov 12, 2014
    80
    The songs sound more muscular than on record, swollen by live strings; Cripple & The Starfish, from his debut, is a standout.
  2. Mojo
    Nov 19, 2014
    80
    A relatively orthodox live recording. [Dec 2014, p.92]
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  3. Magnet
    Dec 10, 2014
    80
    Transformation is richly and lushly inherent in everything Hegarty makes his own. [No. 116, p.53]
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  4. Pitchfork
    Nov 11, 2014
    73
    This is, to date, his quintessential live release, capturing a set that toggles carefully between the band’s luxurious sounds and his urgent songs. The Johnsons are in their most measured and exquisite phase, giving new life to cuts familiar from Hegarty’s catalog.... The accompanying film, however, tries to do too much, in turn missing the simple, genius focus of the conceit.
  5. The Line of Best Fit
    Dec 3, 2014
    70
    Antony commands a stadium with his vocals and tone, or in this case the Barbican in London, while the fragile live air has not failed to be captured in the final product of Turning.
  6. Rolling Stone
    Nov 11, 2014
    70
    Here, as always, Hegarty's art gives shape to the deepest loves and darkest sufferings of the human heart.
  7. Clash Music
    Nov 13, 2014
    60
    The songs are largely beautiful, the vocal performance is mostly impeccable and the recording generally captivating, but so was its predecessor.... not quite as good live album.

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