8 December 2019
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The Who WHO
A worthy addition to the band’s catalogue The FT
William Patrick Corgan Cotillions
While it’s not a classic of the Corgan canon, it does feel like he’s enjoying himself immensely doing it. And we’re happy enough to hear that Kerrang!
This is more gentle and folky than his last solo album 'Ogilala’, but the famously controlling musician often overcooks his lyrics and melodies NME
The cantankerous Smashing Pumpkin embraces his vision of country music, but the lightest, breeziest songs of his career come with their own peculiar Corganian paradox Pitchfork
A "true labor of love" that earns its stylistic detour but overstays its welcome Consequence Of Sound
The concept of ‘Cottilions’ definitely deserves some applause. It’s a big, brave project for anyone to take on, and rather than disappoint or fail, it impresses, and in some places, it shines Clash
If this album does turn out to be their swansong, it won’t be the one that fans remember them for but as a collection of serviceable rock tracks to nod along to for old time’s sake, it’s just fine The Irish Times
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend may not have worked together in the studio, but their chemistry is perfectly balanced The Independent
After all these years, it becomes clear that the relationship between Daltrey and Townshend - the singer serving as the songwriter's best interpreter and editor - is at the core of the Who, which is why Who feels like a Who album: The two still bring out the best in each other All Music
Although it’s been 13 years since their last LP and more than half a century since they formed, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey still know who they are Rolling Stone
Richard Dawson 2020
Pieces together a fragmented snapshot of quotidian life in Middle England via a series of discontinuous vignettes Tiny Mix Tapes
Tindersticks No Treasure But Hope
The latest album from the long-running English band is one of their most sensuous and sunlit, playing on new shades of hope, love, and melancholy Pitchfork
Lizzo Cuz I Love You
Early fans may mourn the lack of edge that this major label debut may have smoothed out, but everyone else best get their “Lizzo 2020” signs on the lawn music OMH
With WHO, ‘classic’ doesn’t mean retread. After 16 years from the studio, they’re here to challenge, not to please The Arts Desk
Beck Hyperspace
Not all of the 11 tracks here strike gold, but they glitter and glow with positivity music OMH
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The Line Of Best Fit suggest that with their 8th LP the British alternative rock band "continue to grow" while Uncut say it's "intriguingly diverse". The Irish Times say the "double album is just twice as frustrating"
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past eight years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
Anaïs Mitchell Hadestown
Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Leonard Cohen You Want It Darker
Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell