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Furnaces

Ed Harcourt

Furnaces

Album number seven of chamber pop from the London-born singer songwriter, produced by Flood (PJ Harvey, Foals)

ADM rating[?]

7.7

Label
Polydor
UK Release date
19/08/2016
US Release date
19/08/2016
  1. 8.0 |   Mojo

    An entirely winning proposition due to its high melodic content. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   Q

    It was about time Ed Harcourt made a career-defining record. Here it is. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   The Independent

    Its dark, unflinching songs ponder humanity’s less attractive traits, with arrangements to match
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  4. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    The songs are monsters, from the raw, tribal rhythms of There is a Light Below to the horns and howls of the title track
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  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

    A mood throughout of mankind grimly trudging to its doom. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    It’s an utterly absorbing record, burning brightly as his boldest statement to date
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  7. 8.0 |   The FT

    The outbreaks of agitation are framed by the song-writing skills that have marked his work since his Mercury prize-nominated debut, 2001’s Here Be Monsters
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  8. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    He promised us that this seventh LP would be "an album of evil songs." It turns out that was exactly what he needed to be at his very best
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  9. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    With Furnaces, Ed Harcourt has continued his impressive winning streak with both true artistry and singularly-focused aplomb
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  10. 8.0 |   All Music

    Finds the dark-tinged singer/songwriter balancing the orchestral majesty of 2010's Lustre with the ruminative simplicity of 2013's Back into the Woods
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  11. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Producer Flood has cloaked Harcourt’s doomy tales in a bass-heavy murk that doesn’t always to play to the record’s melodic strengths
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