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10.0
12045
10.0 |
Daily Telegraph
The results, delivered in a heavily accented bar room roar, are gauche and melodramatic but have riveting folk-punk resolve
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8.0
12487
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
Working with Rick Rubin may have helped shave off some of their rougher edges but his know-how has helped them carve out their best album to date
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8.0
11713
8.0 |
Blurt
13 tracks of instrumental fun and lyrical history as the band puts everyone in on the hustle and invites all to journey with them to different lands and cultures with the power of music
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8.0
11610
8.0 |
PopMatters
For all the lyrical skepticism in these songs, the music is too damned exuberant to worry too much
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8.0
11507
8.0 |
musicOMH
Rick Rubin has shaped their songs, smoothing down some of their rougher edges, but the end result is as rich and diverse as ever, helping them fulfill their musical mission with more focus, yet without compromising their eccentricity or their trusted formula
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8.0
11511
8.0 |
The List
If only more bands had such a finely unique sound, this transcontinental world would be a much better place
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8.0
11580
8.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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7.0
11540
7.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Rousing, festival-friendly stuff and the involvement of Rick Rubin could make this the album which breaks the band into the big tim
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7.0
11508
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Another raucous record with summer in its heart, with life coursing through its full blooded songs. It’s natural born festival music, music for dancing, for head thrown back laughing. Music for losing your mind, music for life
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7.0
11634
7.0 |
Spin
Hütz's minor-key odes to erotic revolution and cosmic evolution still pack a heady, sweaty punch
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7.0
11832
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Gogol Bordello step up their studio game with producer Rick Rubin, who knows how to give pop shape to reactor-grade energy
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6.4
11654
6.4 |
Pitchfork
It makes sense for Hutz and the group to try taking a more multifarious approach, but honestly it just doesn't play to their strengths
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6.0
12690
6.0 |
Uncut
Still sound like an Eastern European answer to The Pogues. Print edition only
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6.0
11509
6.0 |
The Independent
The band's core Balkan heart is always present in the rumbustious polka-rock of songs
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6.0
11592
6.0 |
NME
Print edition only
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5.0
11510
5.0 |
The Observer
Well known for his stripped-down arrangements, Rick Rubin is an odd choice of producer for a band noted for their energetic live shows, and this cleaner sound is a mistake
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5.0
11685
5.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
An honest effort, but one that pales a little when compared to the Technicolor explosions of Gogol Bordello’s back catalog
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