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The Grand Tour

Land Observations

The Grand Tour

Second solo album of experimental instrumental guitar music from the former Appliance member James Brooks

ADM rating[?]

7.2

Label
Mute
UK Release date
28/07/2014
US Release date
05/08/2014
  1. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Brooks builds layers of texture, accruing motif after motif, slotting them together like cogs inside a well-oiled machine. Nothing extraneous. Everything is perfectly functional, perfectly balanced
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  2. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    There’s something almost mathematical and architectural about Brooks’ guitar aggregations but these qualities are conveyed humbly and unobtrusively throughout
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  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   All Music

    It could be argued that Brooks trades intensity for pleasure on The Grand Tour, but as the album moves from dazzling to serene and back again, he sounds more assured than ever
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  5. 6.0 |   NME

    A warm but undemanding album
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Land Observations: The Grand Tour

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