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9.0
29062
9.0 |
No Ripcord
Modern art that immediately captures those witnessing it in a state of aesthetic arrest
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8.7
29323
8.7 |
Paste Magazine
The poetry keeps most of the songs under the three-minute mark, forcing the songs to stay just as divergent as the tone of the writing
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8.5
28684
8.5 |
Bowlegs
It feels simultaneously dreamlike and up-in-your-grill hyperreal. A bewitching and provocative call to arms for us all
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8.0
28682
8.0 |
The List
An album of unassuming eloquence that reverberates from solitary headphone listening out into the relative chaos of the everyday world
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8.0
28783
8.0 |
BBC
Classic Eno
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8.0
28734
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
Electronics and poetry combine – better than you might think
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8.0
28921
8.0 |
Uncut
Captures Eno in versatile and intricate mode. Print edition only
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8.0
28993
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
If Holland's poetry doesn't ring your bell as poetry, then it certain works in this context as sound-art
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8.0
30331
8.0 |
State
From start to finish this record opens up the mind to a million different possibilities, never quite settling on one idea
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8.0
30599
8.0 |
Blurt
The music on Bells is as varied and challenging as anything Eno has done in years
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8.0
29072
8.0 |
The Scotsman
It really is as intelligent as it thinks it is
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7.0
29083
7.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Take off a star if you don't like poetry readings. Add a half-star if you dig happenings with childlike wonder
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7.0
29015
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
Skips around fitfully off a loose central theme, leaving room for big stylistic gaps and a little bit of dead space
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7.0
28709
7.0 |
musicOMH
Its patchwork nature reveals itself over subsequent listens to be a largely rewarding one
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6.7
29128
6.7 |
A.V. Club
Like Eno, Holland is taken with the idea of calmness amid the fast pace of modern life and the patterns that arise out of unexpected places
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6.6
29084
6.6 |
Pitchfork
It's hard not to be intrigued by Eno's command of sonic texture, weight, and spatial dimensions
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6.0
29087
6.0 |
Under The Radar
Even if this project isn't a wholly qualified success, Eno is still (at the age of 63) putting most of his peers to shame
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6.0
29073
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Sounds that recall Eno's career highlights
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6.0
28914
6.0 |
Clash
It’s undeniably, admirably beautiful in parts, but ultimately too consciously cerebral and self satisfied to love
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6.0
28776
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Eno doesn’t need poetry. But he may have found himself a promising lyricist for the future
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6.0
28950
6.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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6.0
28970
6.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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6.0
28866
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Holland’s clipped, almost concrete poetry is well matched with Eno’s blend of ambient sound and pulsing electronica
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6.0
28868
6.0 |
The Independent
It's pleasant enough, but sometimes the words do rather get in the way
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6.0
28873
6.0 |
The Guardian
The results are often rather highbrow
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5.0
28908
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Eno does most of his best work subtly in the background
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5.0
28686
5.0 |
Spin
Eno is clearly in "oblique" mode here
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5.0
29066
5.0 |
PopMatters
No matter how many times you cycle it through your music player, it will keep you at arm’s length
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4.0
29211
4.0 |
The Quietus
Its devotion to skittering, volatile surfaces won't fool anyone looking for mirrorball kinetics, not to mention any fan who's watched with dismay as Eno's career since 1992's Neroli concentrates - I use the verb loosely - on whirring banality
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4.0
29260
4.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A weak indulgent and unnecessary record
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4.0
28685
4.0 |
The Skinny
While there certainly are elements of the experiment that work and may be worthy of a little more research time, it would be hard to call the whole endeavour a success
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