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8.0
17169
8.0 |
Mojo
His best post-Libertines work to date. Print edition only
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8.0
17211
8.0 |
The Independent
An unexpected delight
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7.0
17242
7.0 |
The Observer
Brassy single "Run With the Boys" will be too MORish for many, but the Spector-like "What Have I Done" and orchestral closer "Ode to a Girl" swoon beautifully
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6.0
17294
6.0 |
BBC
As unfair as unstitching the threads of each track sounds, it’s also fair to say Barât’s album is a composite of his musical education before he met Pete Doherty
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6.0
17345
6.0 |
The Scotsman
Strikingly honest
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6.0
17540
6.0 |
Culture Deluxe
Not the horror it could potentially have been
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6.0
17170
6.0 |
NME
It can't be easy to find your place in the world after your career peaked to a generational moment in your early twenties. Print edition only
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6.0
17167
6.0 |
Q
What Have I Done is his best tune to date. Print edition only
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6.0
17168
6.0 |
Uncut
Most of the tracks were written on the piano and jettison guitars for chamber orchestrations. Print edition only
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6.0
17239
6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
It's an album which has its moments, notably the Brecht/Weill-isms of "The Magus"
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6.0
17907
6.0 |
Rave Magazine
If you’ve ever enjoyed English singer-songwriters like Morrissey, Ray Davies, or hell, even Barât’s old mucking partner Pete Doherty, you’ll probably find something you like here
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6.0
18668
6.0 |
PopMatters
By comparison to his other post-Libertines musical efforts, it’s the first real sign there’s something more to Barât than what we’ve been led to believe
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5.0
20437
5.0 |
FasterLouder
For those who enjoy the sounds of New-Wave 80s, then Carl Barât’s debut is definitely for you. But for fans of modern, rock, pop or alternative music, this path might be best left alone
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5.0
17568
5.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Neither an intriguing and new experimental direction, nor the captivating charm we’ve become so used to as to complacently accept
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4.0
17593
4.0 |
AU Review
An exercise in self-aggrandisement, Carl Barât is packed with sixth form thoughts and rhyme schemes unbecoming of a 32-year-old
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4.0
17206
4.0 |
The Guardian
This self-titled snoozer misses any of the zip that made the Libs...arresting
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4.0
18133
4.0 |
State
Not the personal departure Barat has promised, it’s still shackled by the ghost of former incarnations and is about as heartfelt as his posturing
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