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FOUR (Acts of Love)

Mick Harvey

FOUR (Acts of Love)

Sixth solo studio album from the former Bad Seeds and Birthday Party multi-instrumentalist

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6.9

Label
EMI/10 Spot
UK Release date
29/04/2013
US Release date
11/06/2013
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  1. 9.0 |   Clash

    An accessible album, filled with heavy questions about what love really means, posed through sensitive and dramatic arrangements
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  2. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    With a discipline perhaps learnt from his extensive soundtrack work, Harvey has trimmed away the fat, so that every rhythmic or melodic touch serves a purpose.
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  3. 8.0 |   All Music

    Despite its short 31-minute duration, Four (Acts of Love) is a weighty, thought-provoking, moving experience
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  4. 8.0 |   Blurt

    Harvey sounds comfortable and confident in the skin of his artistic vision
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  5. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    It makes sense that after the pensive mood of Sketches, a meditation on memory and death, Four reflects on the role of love in affecting and defining our lives
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  6. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Mick Harvey proving himself yet again to have a tender touch when it comes to the delicate business of affairs of the heart
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  7. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    Harvey’s talent on Four… is to mix impressive arrangements with obtuse lyrics yet still add something to the debate on a well worn topic
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  8. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Drama of the pensive and underplayed kind. Print edition only

  9. 6.8 |   Pitchfork

    Even if it’s stretched thin and unsatisfying in spots, Four is our most distinct glimpse of Harvey yet
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  10. 6.0 |   Q

    The book of love is in experienced hands. Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Although Four may strike some despondent notes at times, it's a high point for Harvey's career. Print edition only

  12. 6.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    A self-described song cycle that ponders the circular nature of romance through mostly other artists’ words
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  13. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    In the end, Four (Acts of Love) is abstruse and unpredictable, yet all too fleeting
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