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10.0
3155
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The Guardian
Creates an alternative vision of the universe as seductive as it is strange.
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9.0
3147
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
This is music aimed at emphatically tugging the heartstrings as much as it is firing up the synapses.
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9.0
3148
9.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Thinking-person's pop
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8.0
3159
8.0 |
Uncut
There’s a sense throughout that Bird’s head is engaged in a battle with his heart, as if aware that there’s a pop masterpiece squatting on the far horizons of his intuition.
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7.5
3151
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Pitchfork
The sound of the album is as important as the notes Bird plays, and this extends to the lyrics, where he's gradually gone from word-play to syllable-play, often choosing lines for their sounds and tonal quality more than for their meaning.
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7.0
3153
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Bird’s impressionistic lyrics carry the emotional payload... his trademark whistling, making dysfunction sound as romantic as roses.
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7.0
3154
7.0 |
Spin
Bird's phlegmatic voice has a way of softening tragedies and soothing beasts -- natural, noble, or otherwise.
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7.0
3149
7.0 |
musicOMH
This is an album that slowly reveals itself to its listeners. There's all manner of good things going on here and much pleasure to be derived for the listener.
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7.0
3146
7.0 |
Blender
This beast takes care and feeding, but its purring tongue has hints to drop about our changing times.
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7.0
3157
7.0 |
The Observer
There's no doubting his genius or the enchanting allure of this fourth solo album.
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6.0
3158
6.0 |
The Quietus
If only Bird had put as much of his unquestionable talent into making these still-lovely songs sparkle as he did into making his impressive, linguist-challenging lyrics sound so surprisingly light.
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6.0
3156
6.0 |
The List
The warm alt.pop melodies on Noble Beast purr rather than roar but after savouring the tongue-twistery lyrics and geeky, library-raiding wordplay, the lack of high octane thrills are made up for by swaying, wordy sing-a-longs.
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6.0
3160
6.0 |
Daily Telegraph
A magical, miniature world of pizzicato plinks, flutes and ""harmless sociopaths"".
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6.0
3150
6.0 |
No Ripcord
In the end, the record is needlessly complex, and lacks the virility that was evident on Eggs and Armchair. It also makes me a bit seasick with all the changing gears.
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6.0
3152
6.0 |
PopMatters
To be sure, there’s some real meat to be found in Noble Beast‘s middle section, though getting there requires wading through multiple mediocre tracks.
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