A Collection Of Rarities And Previously Unreleased Material

John Maus

A Collection Of Rarities And Previously Unreleased Material

A self-explanatory album from the Minnesota electronic artist

ADM rating[?]

7.2

Label
Ribbon
UK Release date
16/07/2012
US Release date
17/07/2012
  1. 8.4 |   Pitchfork

    Unadulterated new wave pop
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  2. 8.0 |   Beats Per Minute

    Maus sure knows how to write a catchy and carefully affecting pop song. If these are the tracks that he deemed unworthy for proper studio release, we can only imagine what he has in store for future efforts
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  3. 8.0 |   BBC

    A series of impressionistic soundscapes whose living, breathing vitality questions the very now instead of embracing the hollow nostalgic shape-throwing of recent synth-wavers
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  4. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Rarities are all the pieces that didn’t fit. And furthermore, they’re mostly fantastic
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  5. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    The odds-and-ends nature of this compilation is spelt out by its title, but the quality barely suffers for that
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  6. 8.0 |   AU Review

    Though nothing perhaps hits the individual highs of We Must Become’s beyond-anthemic Believer ... Rarities is well worth investing in
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  7. 8.0 |   Spin

    MIDI madman digs in attic, finds haunted pop as good as his 2011 LP
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  8. 7.0 |   All Music

    These deranged soundtracks and head-scratching dance jams are probably the straightest material Maus has to offer, and they straddle the same line between grating and unintentionally brilliant that he's been riding his entire career
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  9. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Perhaps there’s not enough variation on the album as a whole, with only the odd anomaly which then sounds rather out of place
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  10. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Works less on the allure of the potential buried gem or underrated hit, and more on the hope that there’ll be some explanation on hand
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  11. 6.5 |   Bowlegs

    You can't help wondering if he's playing for you, with you, or just playing you. All the same, it's pretty marvelous
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  12. 6.5 |   Tone Deaf

    This collection is a great entry point
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  13. 6.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Like any collection of rarities and unreleased material, this one has its share of duds, but hey, the title states its purpose
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  14. 6.0 |   NME

    This rag-tag collection, dating from between 1999 and 2010, sets out his stall as an outsider savant in an Ariel Pink vein
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