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BBC
Although there is a level of subtlety at work here far more sophisticated than most mainstream releases, the sound’s sheer size is almost overwhelming
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9.0
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No Ripcord
You can’t help but allow Wounded Rhymes to provoke and manipulate your emotions, with an inviting melodic gloom and an outstretched hand
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9.0
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PopMatters
Dark record, borne of lost love and youthful frustrations
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Slant Magazine
Filled with gorgeously spiteful moments
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9.0
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Blurt
Wounded Rhymes will leave you exactly that - wounded
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9.0
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God Is In The TV
It is, of course, probably much too early to be talking about contenders for album of the year. But….?
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Rave Magazine
The production by Bjorn Yttling is outstanding, never over-shadowing the songs, only giving them even more life than Li herself gives them
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The Line Of Best Fit
Thoroughly interesting and inventive. It’s primal, it’s provocative and it’s pure of heart,
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Beats Per Minute
The beauty of this album comes from the contradiction stemming from her very being: simultaneous apathy and desperation
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Pitchfork
She has harnessed her heartache and her happiness to amplify her voice
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A.V. Club
This new snarling, burned Lykke Li is unfamiliar, perhaps even to herself, but it’s to our benefit. We get to meet her all over again
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AU Review
Jimmy Ruffin once asked, ‘What becomes of the broken-hearted?’. The answer, Wounded Rhymes suggests, is that they get inspired
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Entertainment.ie
May be a less unique offering than its predecessor, but its electrifying atmospheres, danceable beats and emotional potency make it equally special
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Eye Weekly
An album about the necessary humiliation of growing up
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8.0
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musicOMH
Lykke Li continues to be an oddball, a fascinating character
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The Scotsman
Leaves her previous pop whimsies for dust
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Rolling Stone
A weird-pop gem
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Clash
[A] brilliant second album
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Tiny Mix Tapes
This is soul music, sometimes in form, but always in content; mournful and inspirational in equal measure
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Bowlegs
Bowlegs hopes Li’s love-life is a continual disappointment, meaning we can all reap the musical rewards
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Consequence Of Sound
While lust is generally frowned upon as irresponsible, this indulgence in the immediate, in the physical, this embracing of reckless abandon, is what makes Wounded Rhymes so triumphant
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8.0
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The Observer
The Shirelles-like "shoo-wop"s on "Unrequited Love" might be the most affecting sounds you'll hear all year
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State
There’s some straight-up country love songs, fresh pop, the best song Phil Spector never wrote/produced (‘Sadness Is A Blessing’)
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The Guardian
There's an earnestness and weight to the album that simultaneously gives it its focus, but also makes the listener yearn for some light amidst the bleak post-breakup laments
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8.0
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The Guardian
A heady mix of primal drums, tinpot percussion, scratchy guitars
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The Skinny
Perhaps the results aren't quite so poppy as with its predecessor, but Wounded Rhymes is an unfurling joy in every other way
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Spin
The dual objectives -- weep for me, fear me -- collide throughout, creating a dicey, but gripping album
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Mojo
Pop music hasn't been this wonderfully weird for a long time. Print edition only
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Q
Like the very best, she's fearless. Print edition only
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Uncut
An eccentric and original talent. Print edition only
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NME
She exerts a feminist authority that dismisses lazy stereotypes with a cocky cool
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6.0
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Drowned In Sound
While Lykke Li's confidence has developed, her melodic abilities appear to have regressed somewhat
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6.0
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The Irish Times
Li has turned to loneliness for inspiration, and you can hear how well she channels this into songs that reference all manner of despair
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6.0
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The Digital Fix
A far darker album than her debut
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Under The Radar
A tactile voice that feels born of heartbreak
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Daily Telegraph
Rich, alternative pop music, plastered in tribal percussion and, in one instance, a real Phil Spector feel
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