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10.0
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musicOMH
Anderson's music can sometimes feel unfinished without a stage show to accompany it, but Homeland is a standalone work of art. And what a work of art it is
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9.0
13516
9.0 |
PopMatters
You cannot deny the power of Anderson’s Homeland, one of the most riveting and poignant accounts of post-9/11 America pop music has offered to date
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9.0
14425
9.0 |
No Ripcord
You’re not going to enjoy this record casually; you need to dive in and float around for a while
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9.0
14757
9.0 |
Blurt
With Homeland she's become a modern day DosPassos with a hint of Roger Waters behind the curtain of her eerily atmospheric sound-bank. Welcome to the new machine
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8.3
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8.3 |
Pitchfork
The epic "Another Day in America" is the album's huge, dark heart. Anderson's voice is pitched down and slowed - she becomes her character on the cover, a slapstick figure of male authority - over lingering strings and keyboards
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8.0
13608
8.0 |
Uncut
A hauntingly powerful set of pieces. Print edition only
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8.0
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The Independent
A series of ruminations and observations upon her native land, in which unashamed intellectualism is balanced by her dry wit and ironic delivery
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8.0
13579
8.0 |
BBC
There are still witticisms aplenty, but the overall effect is an air of creeping dread, the perfect soundtrack for a journey into America’s night
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8.0
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Drowned In Sound
Homeland’s biggest achievement is to sculpt a lot of minutes of material – both new tracks and ones she’s been playing live for years – into something that feels textured and whole, rather than fatly fragmented
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8.0
14618
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The Quietus
Alongside husband and album producer, Lou Reed, Anderson reconstructed her performative material until its million little pieces formed a united whole
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8.0
13793
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Often regarded as dispassionate and distanced, here she flows just as elegantly as most of the music, which is equal parts Twin Peaks left-of- field and thoroughly on-the- money electronica
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7.0
13839
7.0 |
The Observer
It's the quieter moments here, such as "Transitory Life", backed by Tuvan throat singers and igil players, that have the greatest impact
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7.0
16016
7.0 |
Under The Radar
Over the course of roughly an hour, the glacial-to-moderate pace may lose some listeners along the way, but rewards come from setting aside the time to settle in for the full flight
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6.0
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The Scotsman
Witty electro funk single Only An Expert – dry as a desert and garnished with guitar squall courtesy of her other half, Lou Reed – is a standout
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6.0
13610
6.0 |
Q
Her breadth of vision remains unparalleled. Print edition only
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6.0
13617
6.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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0.0
13603
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NME
Homeland's greatest crime isn't being flabbergastingly pretentious, but that it induces stultifying boredom
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