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Ivory Tower

Chilly Gonzales

Ivory Tower

The Canadian rapper, pianist and producer with an album released to accompany a feature film written and produced by Gonzales

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6.7

Label
Gentle Threat
UK Release date
30/08/2010
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  1. 10.0 |   The Skinny

    This is superior melodic mastery from the ‘piano-playing Larry David’
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  2. 8.0 |   NME

    It will arouse the mind and stimulate interesting positions.
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  3. 8.0 |   The Fly

    A singlehanded Sparks is probably the closest comparison
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  4. 8.0 |   State

    It’s a party album of sorts – a flippant one in some ways, but musically excellent and infectiously upbeat
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  5. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    It’s best to approach this record fresh and without context. And in that mind, it’s a really enjoyable listen
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  6. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    It may be a grab bag, but Ivory Tower‘s contents are largely satisfying
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  7. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    As ever with Chilly Gonzales, here is a record that is entertaining, but lacks a coherent enough vision for it to add up to something truly great
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  8. 6.5 |   BBC

    Not bad – but instead of honing in on one corner of Gonzo’s craft, it branches out yet further
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  9. 6.0 |   The Quietus

    It's perhaps what we should expect from a seasoned defier of expectations, and the man who once told us: "Now I don't wanna make you bounce / I wanna be loved and hated in equal amounts"
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  10. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  12. 5.0 |   musicOMH

    This will prove divisive - being either a riotous piece of entertainment or a source of occasional annoyance. Not one to ignore, but maybe one from which to cherry pick highlights
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  13. 4.0 |   Eye Weekly

    Ivory Tower makes sense when it is seen as only one element of Gonzales’ new project, a movie of the same name
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