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Urban Turban

Cornershop

Urban Turban

A collection of singles and unreleased material from Britain's top fusers of indie and world music

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Ample Sound
UK Release date
14/05/2012
US Release date
15/05/2012
  1. 8.0 |   Spin

    Tjinder Singh continues his smile-inducing polyglot-pop renaissance, aided by a bevy of chic guest vocalists
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  2. 8.0 |   NME

    It's a screwy brew. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Still brimful of funky jams. Print edition only

  4. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Mostly, it's funky pop, half-deconstructed and relentlessly optimistic. Print edition only

  5. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    It sticks together as a cohesive album with Tjinder Singh and Ben Ayres concentrating on the melting pot grooves while guest singers and rappers provide the - usually pretty scarce - words
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  6. 7.0 |   The Fly

    After twenty years of making records by plucking genres haphazardly from a rampant tombola, Cornershop were hardly about to go all orthodox on us
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  7. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Cornershop have proven they are no ordinary British band. Age, it appears, is treating them well
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  8. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    The tracks are well made and good stuff, but on the whole Urban Turban feels a little too all over the shop to pack the wallop it deserves
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  9. 7.0 |   Pitchfork

    15 years on from their one and only pop hit, and three years into a remarkably prolific second phase, Cornershop are clearly enjoying life on the other side
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  10. 7.0 |   BBC

    There's the occasional meander and they'd surely revel in a bigger production budget, but there's nobody remotely like them and few who seem to actually enjoy being in a band more
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  11. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    If Singh's genial, lounge-y tunes don't always hit groove nirvana, his wandering heart is at least in the right place
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  12. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    A mixed bag that will please long-term fans and puzzle others
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  13. 6.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Sees them content to further explore the low-key, electro-indie pop they've been mining
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  14. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Cornershop have stocked up on musical friends and touchpoints to deliver a heterogeneous album that confirms, wherever they go next, there’s plenty more in the ‘Shop window to see
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