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Talk About Body

Debut album of electro pop from Brooklyn-based collective led by Le Tigre's JD Samson

ADM rating[?]

6.8

Label
Columbia
UK Release date
14/02/2011
  1. 9.0 |   Subba Cultcha

    The spiky guitars, which at points turn into thick, heavy land-fills, the ‘out-there’ lyrics, the nonchalant delivery, equals a very new wave dance hit album
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  2. 8.0 |   No Ripcord

    When an album's main faults are that its too upbeat and lyrically too ambitious, it really is one that deserves to be talked about
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  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    The beats and basslines are disco friendly throughout. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Brainwashing of the best kind
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  5. 8.0 |   BBC

    Talk About Body will last the distance longer than most base didactic slogan-pop ever has
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  6. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    The Brooklyn trio seductively wrap sometimes over-right-on lyrics in ultra-catchy funk, electronica and a dash of Slits-like reggae
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  7. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    Ups the cheerleader disco quotient and adds a tasteful touch of Eighties AOR and Afrobeat guitars
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  8. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    [They've] added every trick in every AOR producer's coke-dusted playbook to stripped-down dance beats
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  9. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A record that comments on homophobia and socio-economic stratification that is, amazingly, a lot of fun to listen to
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  10. 7.0 |   BBC

    Talk About Body will last the distance longer than most base didactic slogan-pop ever has
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  11. 7.0 |   DIY

    There are plenty of anthems to choose from, some with a political bent and others where the idea is simply to let loose and have fun
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  12. 6.5 |   Bowlegs

    The beats rarely veer from the straight and narrow and Samson’s delivery is continually of the half-spoken variety
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  13. 6.0 |   Q

    Merges irresistible funk with swagger, choruses and an impish sense of fun. Print edition only

  14. 6.0 |   Clash

    Too little variation or innovation
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  15. 6.0 |   The Digital Fix

    It's a relatively clean, unmessy birth
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  16. 4.1 |   Pitchfork

    Builds itself around outmoded ideas of what moves dance floors
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  17. 4.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only


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