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Contradictions

Paul Smith & The Intimations

Contradictions

Second solo album from the indie rock singer and Maximo Park frontman

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5.8

Label
Billingham / PIAS
UK Release date
21/08/2015
US Release date
21/08/2015
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  1. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    This album is a dark horse, a grower, and one that current fans and newcomers to his music will appreciate alike
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  2. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Essentially, Contradictions occupies the middle ground between the barely-there nature of the songs on his first album and the full-on pop onslaught of Maximo Park
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  3. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    It’s always a treat to hear Smith though, and if Contradictions doesn’t have the frenetic charm of his day job, there’s enough to keep the dedicated fan happy
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  4. 6.0 |   The List

    This decent but indistinct solo record fails to amount to much more than the sum of its influences
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  5. 6.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Too often, Smith’s lyrics lack the clarity that makes his music memorable
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  6. 6.0 |   Q

    It's a step in the right direction. Print edition only

  7. 6.0 |   The Observer

    Too much of the material here, particularly towards the album’s end, drifts by forgettably
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  8. 6.0 |   State

    Sounding re-charged and re-energised, with the Imitations Smith has a band who can perfectly execute his ideas. Maximo who?
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  9. 5.0 |   Gig Soup

    Indivdually the tracks stand up alright, nothing special that would make you want to listen again and again, but solid tracks nonetheless
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  10. 4.0 |   The Skinny

    The problem being that the more deft touches here underscore a reticence to fully reveal the record’s identity
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