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The only new original on Roots Manuva and Wrongtom's critially acclaimed dub remix album
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2117¬Montreal's foremost exponenents of Prince-inspired dirty funk are back with their new album. Critics so far are impressed, Rave Magazine seeing the album as an affirmation of the band's unique style.¬False¬

Middle of the Trail

2101¬Rootsy folkster Ray Lamontagne continues his career as a Radio 2 botherer with his new album. Critics see it as competent but hardly revolutionary, scores coming it at around 6 or 7.¬False¬

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jj no3

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jj no3

The resolutely mysterious Swedish duo with their latest collection of dream pop

Critics average rating

6.4

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Secretly Canadian
Release date
09/03/2010
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  1. 8.5 |  The Line Of Best Fit

    There is so much to like here. The tracks and production are sublime, the vocals a swathe of dreamy harmony, and the moments where the record soars into a chorus,
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  2. 8.0 |  Spin

    ... a bright white ambience suggesting both sunny Balearic beaches and blinding Scandinavian snowstorms. Yet its emotions are conversely vivid
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  3. 8.0 |  Mojo

    Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |  Uncut

    Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |  Q

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  6. 8.0 |  Clash

    JJ continue to gather a pace and ‘No.3’ will surely propel them further into hearts and minds
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  7. 8.0 |  The Times

    No. 3 isn’t so much a successor as a continuation of jj’s ongoing tapestry of autumnal ennui
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  8. 7.0 |  Under The Radar

    jj nº 2 had a lot going for it, and this follow-up is cut from the same cloth-intimate and effortless
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  9. 7.0 |  NME

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  10. 6.0 |  The Skinny

    The odd injection of adrenaline could easily have elevated this from merely a good record to something far greate
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  11. 6.0 |  The List

    The songs on JJ No 3 are, in general, shadows (or perhaps just over-familiar siblings) of their forebears
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  12. 6.0 |  The Quietus

    It is a significantly less cool album than its predecessor, dropping the Knife-ish electronics and the knowing, sexy vocal lilts that scored them a tour with The xx
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  13. 5.4 |  Pitchfork

    jj n° 3 is uniformly worse than its predecessor and a curious step down for the group
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  14. 5.0 |  Pop Matters

    They succeed, but with far fewer memorable tunes. Most of jj n° 3 feels slight and underwritten
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  15. 5.0 |  Drowned In Sound

    Puffed up with an assortment of psychoactives, it lies semi-stupefied and mumbles incoherently for most of its duration
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  16. 5.0 |  Drowned In Sound

    From track three, jj n°3 turns sadly forgettable. There appears to be no effort put into it, no attempt made to make the songs truly appealing
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  17. 4.0 |  The Irish Times

    An over-reliance on hoping that a perfumed fog of sound will disguise the lack of new ideas... Best check out their debut album instead.
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  18. 4.0 |  The Fly

    Flabby, repetitive and tackily-adorned, which, despite its opening track, abandons their crunk ingenuity to focus on shoehorning in as many cheap, glitzy samples and washed out lyrics about the beach as possible
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  19. 4.0 |  music OMH

    This may have worked better as an EP rather than a full album. But as it is, it may prove rather too somnolent for long-term listening
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