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8.0
34168
8.0 |
A.V. Club
Yet another inventive addition to the Fall canon
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8.0
34220
8.0 |
Mojo
In an age of ever-more trivial Facebook-type non-interaction, it sounds more necessary than ever. Print edition only
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8.0
34700
8.0 |
NME
Sees Smith and co perpetually moving forwards
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8.0
34792
8.0 |
The Scotsman
The mighty Fall continue to inspire awe on their 29th album, finding fresh impetus in their Krautrock-inspired controlled chaos
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8.0
34975
8.0 |
The Quietus
Ersatz GB still trumps most records released this year as, one suspects, The Fall always will
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8.0
35440
8.0 |
PopMatters
Delivers a heavy, ornery style of discontent. It’s one of their best
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8.0
35446
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
They’ve never done anything massively bad; they’ve done plenty that is very good. Ersatz G.B. is perhaps on the slightly below average end of The Fall scale
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7.0
35444
7.0 |
Blurt
An energy as volcanic as Mark E. Smith's can be expected to spill over sometimes, and there's enough fire and venom here to excuse occasional soft spots
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7.0
34873
7.0 |
No Ripcord
It will probably go largely ignored and become another statistic in The Fall’s unique and treasured career. There’s no justice.
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7.0
34463
7.0 |
Clash
Smith has been mining the same seam over thirty studio albums now, but there’s still no sign that he’s going to dry up (or dry out) any time soon
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7.0
35438
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Smith’s voice is gruffer, growlier and phlegmier than it’s ever been before
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6.0
34794
6.0 |
The Scotsman
Probably in the top 25 per cent of The Fall’s erratic, awkwardly charming output
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6.0
35465
6.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
More coherent and better enjoyed when contextualized within the band’s 34-year trajectory
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6.0
35470
6.0 |
Rave Magazine
Sonically, it’s probably The Fall’s heaviest-sounding record to date
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6.0
35132
6.0 |
The Irish Times
It may not be groundbreaking, but this album indubitably continues The Fall’s recent run of satisfying output
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6.0
35305
6.0 |
Q
Smith is in gloriously cantankerous form. Print edition only
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4.0
34957
4.0 |
BBC
A poor LP that proves that Mark E. Smith alone does not The Fall make
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4.0
34622
4.0 |
The Guardian
Everyone already knows what to expect and, largely, they'd be right
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4.0
34253
4.0 |
Uncut
This is a strictly prefabricated Fall. Print edition only
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2.2
35353
2.2 |
Pitchfork
Ersatz G.B.'s abrasiveness, inscrutability, and tedium are increasingly tough to take with repeated close listening
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