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Falling Down A Mountain

Tindersticks

Falling Down A Mountain

Eighth installment of orchestral-tinged indie rock from the English outfit

ADM rating[?]

7.2

Label
4AD
UK Release date
26/01/2010
  1. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    They effortlessly dream up moments of wonder
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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

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  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    ...what Tindersticks sound like on this subtly strong album is a band with restored self-belief, again loving doing what they do better than anyone else
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  4. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    ...enough classic Tindersticks to keep die-hard fans more than happy; and enough new stuff to everyone else think twice about relegating them to the cabaret circuit
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  5. 8.0 |   The Sunday Times

    For the double whammy of Black Smoke and No Place So Alone, the band are unexpectedly in your face, with Stuart Staples discovering a whole new edge to his voice
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  6. 8.0 |   No Ripcord

    Tindersticks’ music has always been broad in scope with a cinematic feel, but it just seems here that they’re maturing into a more well-rounded band
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  7. 8.0 |   Clash

    Few bands can convey aching sadness with such beauty and ‘Factory Girls’ is not only the album’s finest example of this but also one of the best songs they’ve ever released
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  8. 8.0 |   The Times

    In an age of MP3 cherry-picking, it’s refreshing to hear a work that sounds so deliberately constructed for consumption in its entirety
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  9. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    It’s a quintessentially Tindersticks album, while at the same time capturing the group at their most adventurous, proudly flying the “anything goes” flag
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  10. 8.0 |   Eye Weekly

    The relocation from shadow to light, from sepia-tint to psychedelia, is completed within the first three songs and forms of the group’s best work in a decade
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  11. 8.0 |   State

    With the release of this magnificent eclectic bunch of songs, it seems the boys from Nottingham have a few years left in them yet
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  12. 7.0 |   Pitchfork

    Tindersticks Mk II seems to be hitting its stride and discovering where its real creative chemistry lies
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  13. 7.0 |   Spin

    The moody instrumentals "Hubbards Hills" and "Piano Music" are stunning, multicolored epics that could turn lazy daydreams into mind-blowing fantasies
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  14. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    As a band that have never really dropped the ball in a solid career of consistently excellent material this is another notch in the bedpost
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  15. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Falling Down A Mountain doesn't disappoint even at its most arduous vantage points
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  16. 6.5 |   Beats Per Minute

    It’s a shame that after such a strong four opening tracks the album peters out into a distinctly average affair, including the kind of stuff that Staples can knock out in his sleep
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  17. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    It's a sombre thing, but somehow warm with it
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  18. 6.0 |   NME

    Tindersticks return to their roots of elegantly arranged multi-instrumental crooning
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  19. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  20. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    Like Leonard Cohen and Scott Walker, this group has long been noted for its intensely melancholic tone. On Falling Down a Mountain, the most depressing thing is the sound of Tindersticks going through the motions
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