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Daily Telegraph
At the album’s centre is a gaping monster mouth of a song called The Beast, which swallows almost six minutes of angry electric guitar
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9.0
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musicOMH
These are truly wonderful songs that deserved to be poured over and analysed for months to come. What's truly incredible though is the thought that she seems destined to get better and better
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Entertainment.ie
What Laura Marling has created with 'A Creature I Don’t Know' is remarkable
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The Digital Fix
By laying her heart bare for all to see Laura Marling proves that she is not only one of the greatest artists of her generation but also one of the bravest
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God Is In The TV
A delightfully assured piece of work
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The AU Review
Marling has created an album here that is both exhilarating and affecting
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Paste Magazine
Her best album yet—definitely her most musically and lyrically ambitious
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Clash
A sign that Marling has transcended the “nu-folk” movement and carved her own magnificent identity
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The Scotsman
The influence of her musical hero Joni Mitchell looms over her fluent vocal stylings
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Scotland on Sunday
Gloriously giddy, if not quite great
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Beats Per Minute
With Creature Marling has delivered something that has her own personal sound throughout, but still manages to explore both lighter and darker territory
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Consequence Of Sound
It’s difficult to avoid her self-contained web of poetic passion
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FasterLouder
A brilliant release that fans and newcomers will equally adore
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PopMatters
Another fascinating, furiously beautiful work that maintains her position as England’s reigning folk princess
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Rave Magazine
Marling transcends the traps that often snare artists of the genre
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State
While A Creature I Don’t Know might have been born of Marling’s grief and recovery, it also shaped an illuminating path for her startling maturity as a songwriter, vocalist and arranger
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NME
If 'I Speak Because I Can' was a towering musical achievement, 'A Creature I Don't Know' is an emotional triumph
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Mojo
There's much about the older 2011-vintage Marling that makes her not just a better singer-songwriter, but better company. Print edition only
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Q
A strong record, which does nothing to diminish Marling's lustre ... yet the author's edgier qualities sometimes risk dilution by a pronounced streak of safety-first professionalism. Print edition only
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Uncut
It's deeply impressive ... the sound of an artist setting herself new targets and hitting each one with real panache
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The Fly
Not as instantly loveable as its predecessor, ‘A Creature I Don’t Know’ is a more sophisticated and complex creation, and as a result needs repeated listening and unpicking before it starts making sense
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The Irish Times
A splendid musical progression, A Creature I Don’t Know is poised, layered and brimming with skilfully executed emotions. A great album
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The Independent
Continues to impress on her third outing, though the transatlantic influences are becoming more apparent
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The Guardian
An air of inquiry suffuses Laura Marling's third album, a mood of experimentation as cerebral as it is playful
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Evening Standard
As a musician she exists on an elevated plane far above most of her peers
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BBC
Another fine release from Marling, lyrically dark but skewing in the main towards an increasingly sunny, sophisticated sound
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The Observer
Album number three doesn't get us any closer to an unguarded emotion but it does find this buttoned-up artist inhabiting her craft with ever-greater aplomb
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Pitchfork
Stark and direct
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Spin
If the Sheryl Crow–isms of the first few tracks throw you off, sit tight
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Drowned In Sound
There is something slightly frustrating about listening to a singer like Marling, with all her passion and thoughtfulness, seeming to slightly hide behind her creations
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Under The Radar
While her music still belies her age, her laser-beam narrative focus still indicates a young adult willing to believe that everything matters
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Tiny Mix Tapes
After three extraordinary albums, she’s got to trip up somewhere, right?
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The Line Of Best Fit
These songs, as commendable as they are, simply aren’t as alluring as those on previous works
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Bowlegs
There are plenty aspiring to tell stories like Mitchell, but few have the skills to carry it off like the second half of Marling’s ‘A Creature…’
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