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12

Ryuichi Sakamoto

12

Latest album from the Japanese experimental / modern classical composer written and recorded in while recovering from cancer treatment

ADM rating[?]

7.9

Label
Sony Music
UK Release date
20/01/2023
US Release date
20/01/2023
  1. 10.0 |   The Skinny

    A record of endurance, struggle and the lingering ability to create something new. 12 shows a path can be made, even into that unknown
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  2. 9.0 |   Uncut

    As much as these graceful and meditative pieces became threnodies for Sakamoto's condition, 12 is also something of a personal and creative victory for the composer. Print edition only

  3. 9.0 |   Clash

    ‘12’ is not an album to take lightly. It is an album to listen to intently as often as you can
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  4. 8.0 |   The FT

    The solo musician and Oscar-winning composer has made a fascinating album of instrumentals
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  5. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    The methodical way in which the album has been put together is surprisingly artful and induces touching moments of real beauty
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  6. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The album is a paradoxically delicate yet fearless plunge into the unknown
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  7. 7.6 |   Pitchfork

    In a dozen somber, elegiac pieces for piano and electronics recorded in the wake of a cancer diagnosis, the Japanese composer reckons with his own mortality
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  8. 7.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    There is beauty in Sakamoto’s latest work, but will listeners have the patience for it?
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  9. 6.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    A poignant, peaceful listen
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