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8.0
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Consequence Of Sound
Everything is cool in Not Music land, and it’s a welcome place to visit
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8.0
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The Irish Times
Dismiss this as a desultory B-sides collection at your peril
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8.0
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PopMatters
What’s most appropriate about Not Music is that it captures many of the qualities that have defined Stereolab over the years, so stylish and creative in its aesthetic, yet so geekish and workmanlike in its approach to making music
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8.0
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Clash
So is this goodbye? Let’s hope not: at the risk of sounding partisan and overly dramatic; a world without Stereolab would be like a school without a playground
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8.0
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The List
Not Music boasts some fine brass theatrics (‘Supha Jaianto’) and an interstellar krautrock wig-out (‘Silver Sands’)
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7.5
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A.V. Club
For reheated leftovers, Not Music is delicious
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7.5
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Pitchfork
I suspect it won't be long before we realize that the leftovers of a band like Stereolab are still better than main dishes offered up by many of their peers
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7.0
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NME
As a good a reminder as any that their one trick is a good trick
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7.0
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musicOMH
Throughout their 18-year history Stereolab put out a string of always listenable, often lovely and occasionally brilliant records. By embodying all three of those virtues, Not Music continues this band's admirable tradition from beyond the grave
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7.0
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BBC
Not Music makes for a characteristically fine epitaph
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7.0
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Tiny Mix Tapes
If Not Music is the epitaph of their career, it is a suitably dignified (if not emphatic) one
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7.0
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Blurt
Truly, they never sounded sweeter; weirder yes, but not sweete
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7.0
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DIY
Stereolab, challenging to the – possible – end
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6.7
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Beats Per Minute
Stereolab does offer some tracks on Not Music that are wins. Easy way to find them: if it says remix at the end, it is the strongest material
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6.0
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Q
Presents more of their signature future-retro pop-exotica. Print edition only
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6.0
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Uncut
Much here sounds like refried ectoplasm. Print edition only
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6.0
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The Guardian
The niggling sensation that Stereolab work in a hall of mirrors, creating music that endlessly reflects upon itself, is stronger than ever here
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6.0
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Drowned In Sound
Obviously Not Music is superior to 99 per cent of the albums you will here this year, and really deserves a 9/10 or something… unless you’ve heard the full range of their work
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6.0
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The Fly
One that Stereolab fans will undoubtedly relish. Others may just struggle a little
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6.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
For a frustrating half of Not Music, Stereolab sound…well…Not Bothered
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6.0
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No Ripcord
Not Music is proof enough that a Stereolab return would be something to treasure
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6.0
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Slant Magazine
Yields few breakthroughs but plenty of minor revelations
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5.0
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Bowlegs
‘Not Music’ lets itself down all too often and drifts into the dangerously tepid waters of a dinner party soundtrack
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5.0
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Under The Radar
Some songs simply seem like unfinished ideas
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4.0
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Eye Weekly
Not Music is musical; it’s just really unsatisfying
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4.0
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Mojo
Can feel a little like trying to solve Sudoko puzzles. Print edition only
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