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10.0
61491
10.0 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Burial’s EPs have increasingly felt less like stopgaps and more like the final product, the real deal. Rival Dealer is only three tracks long but it’s as rich as many LPs
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9.0
61484
9.0 |
Pitchfork
Has some of the most immediate music from the Burial project, but it's worth noting that this is also a noisy, dissonant work
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9.0
61540
9.0 |
NME
His sound is transformed, yet makes sense within his musical references. Remarkable
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8.6
61507
8.6 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
An important piece of work, a genuinely astounding and jaw-dropping release that deserves every pair of ears it can find
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8.0
61509
8.0 |
The Quietus
The uneven narrative of Rival Dealer itself mimics the tumult of teenhood, and leaves you reeling
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8.0
61510
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
Wintry sonic atmospheres, a motley chorus of voices, and a life-affirming message of salvation — intentionally or not, Burial might have just released the best Christmas album of the year
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8.0
61511
8.0 |
All Music
This is easily the producer's most emotional and story-like output
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8.0
61548
8.0 |
DIY
'Rival Dealer' questions everything that we thought Burial was, just when we all thought we had him figured out
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8.0
61483
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Burial has always carved love stories from the shadows. On Rival Dealer, he blasts light onto the heavy struggle toward self-love
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7.0
61519
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
There's a heart beating in Burial’s out-of-body sound, and Rival Dealer plays like an ashy memorial to a beat that lives on
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