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I WIll Set You Free

Barry Adamson

I WIll Set You Free

The former Magazine, Bad Seeds and Visage collaborator's new album takes in everything from noirish jazz to industrial synth to blues rock

ADM rating[?]

6.5

Label
Central Control
UK Release date
30/01/2012
US Release date
14/02/2012
  1. 9.0 |   Blurt

    He's a guy who has spent a lifetime listening to records, radio and jukeboxes. You never know what he will reference from song to song
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  2. 8.0 |   FasterLouder

    It may sound completely effortless but it is some of the most interesting, accessible and experimental music to date
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  3. 8.0 |   The Independent

    More restrained than usual, his jazz-noir ambitions trimmed to a blues-funk palette
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  4. 8.0 |   All Music

    He feels comfortable in his skin on this wonderfully sequenced collection of songs that makes no attempt to hide his past; if anything, he celebrates it as he moves ever forward
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  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

    The songwriting is always of a high quality. Print edition only

  6. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Adamson has effortlessly moved his songs into a different area while still keeping proceedings going at the slickest of clips
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  7. 6.0 |   BBC

    Adamson lurks in a grimy alleyway connecting movie scoring with roughshod garage rock
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  8. 6.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Adamson’s voice is an instrument that contrasts mastery and control with flights of breakout intensity
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  9. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Bazza goes '60s pop! Print edition only

  10. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    A confident thing, comfortable in its own skin
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  11. 6.0 |   Q

    All over the place, he takes you along for the ride. Print edition only

  12. 5.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    There are flashes of his genius on display, where his unique world view still flourishes, but the album is lyrically weak with no notable quotes, and treads boards first polished 20 years ago
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  13. 5.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Occasionally, Adamson’s songs pop out with the same energy of a Cave composition, while others sound like pale imitations
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  14. 4.0 |   Under The Radar

    The uniformity of the songs eventually cause them to blend together into one continuous and redundant pop number
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