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10.0
90466
10.0 |
Loud And Quiet
A proud, bruised, tranquil gem
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10.0
90467
10.0 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Make no mistake, 22, A Million lays bare a crisis of confidence, writ large. This collection of stunning, whirling jigsaw pieces interlock to form a magnificent rebuke of such neuroses
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10.0
90464
10.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Justin Vernon breaks ground on an innovative and exciting new music through the resolution of a life crisis
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10.0
90528
10.0 |
The Independent
An astonishing record that grapples with the infinite
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10.0
90559
10.0 |
Evening Standard
It’s a marvel, packing more ideas into 34 minutes than most doubles can manage, and taking his sound into remarkable new places
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10.0
90679
10.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Hands down one of the most important pieces of music you will hear this year
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10.0
90723
10.0 |
NOW
Although the presentation has changed, the raw emotional power at the heart of Bon Iver is intact
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9.5
90614
9.5 |
The 405
An album that rejects comfort and expectations in favor of provoking listeners to make new discoveries
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9.1
90543
9.1 |
Consequence Of Sound
Challenges listeners to accept a new, self-aware perspective, one delivered honestly and beautifully
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9.0
90534
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
22, A Million is a triumph even before ‘666 ?’ and the Springsteen-dashed ‘8 (circle)’ cast their own entrancement
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9.0
90536
9.0 |
Pitchfork
Behind the arranged glitches and processed voices are deeply felt songs about uncertainty
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9.0
90713
9.0 |
FasterLouder
He has truly given us, if not himself, something worth worshipping
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9.0
90631
9.0 |
musicOMH
There’s a frail humanity to Vernon’s music, which no amount of processing can wash out
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9.0
90519
9.0 |
Exclaim
A gorgeous album that, rather than running from it, reflects our fractured world back at us
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9.0
90510
9.0 |
God Is In The TV
It’s an odd place to be, sure, but a staggeringly beautiful one
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9.0
90473
9.0 |
Clash
An absolute diamond of a record, at once fragrantly beautifully and also hopelessly complex, easy to disregard and yet thoroughly hypnotic
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9.0
90791
9.0 |
No Ripcord
If you listen through the anarchy, you will find a stirring, masterful odyssey
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8.8
90651
8.8 |
Paste Magazine
With song titles written in code, inscrutable lyrics and eclectic instrumentation, 22, A Million is Bon Iver’s most enigmatic album so far
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8.6
90548
8.6 |
Earbuddy
Both risky and absolutely necessary
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8.5
90642
8.5 |
Beardfood
The way electronic and organic sounds are combined is groundbreaking. This could well be a peek into the future
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8.3
90558
8.3 |
A.V. Club
This is a wildly informed album, and that also works to its advantage
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8.1
90747
8.1 |
Gig Soup
Sees Bon Iver exploring and collating new sounds so beautifully while also remaining true to Vernon’s core as an artist and individual
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8.0
90739
8.0 |
PopMatters
All of it’s layered complexity at least turns heads and demands further attention
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8.0
90650
8.0 |
American Songwriter
22, A Million occasionally confronts and challenges with its willful weirdness, but Bon Iver can still locate that lonely cabin, if only in spirit, when Vernon really wants to dig deep
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8.0
90635
8.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
The band’s most impressive record to date, surging forward with oddities that, while certainly nothing new to adventurous listeners, bridge the gap with satisfaction
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8.0
90637
8.0 |
Under The Radar
As with his work that precedes it, the impact of Vernon's 22, A Million far outlasts that moment when the record stops playing
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8.0
90554
8.0 |
All Music
It's an impressive feat of reinvention that manages to keep Vernon's emotional core fully intact no matter how far the music strays from established Bon Iver territory
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8.0
90483
8.0 |
NME
This is a febrile folktronica album which confounds and astounds in equal measure, melting your heart one minute and agitating your eardrums the next, but always baffling and beautiful
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8.0
90503
8.0 |
The Quietus
In Bon Iver's resurrection, now, the lights are dim, the lineaments shielded by darkness, the voice heavily processed
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8.0
90505
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
Vernon remains an oblique lyricist, but the knottiness can be compelling
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8.0
90468
8.0 |
The Music
This album - for better or worse - will challenge those listeners whose only relationship with Vernon is via Bon Iver
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8.0
90469
8.0 |
Q
It must be said that this album’s inscrutability is no obstacle to its immense beauty. Print edition only
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8.0
90470
8.0 |
Mojo
Courageous, wilful, fractured and something of a triumph. Print edition only
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8.0
90471
8.0 |
Uncut
Bold, nourishing and emotionally resonant. Print edition only
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8.0
90512
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
A beguiling, emotional and expansive set of songs that draw you in for repeated listens
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8.0
90465
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
22, A Million synthesizes archaic and future styles to address and remedy the ailments of the present
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8.0
90526
8.0 |
DIY
Stands out as Bon Iver’s finest moment yet, a cross between invention and beauty that’s delivered without compromise
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8.0
90531
8.0 |
The Irish Times
When you give them the time to weave their spell, tracks such as 21 Moon Water, 8 (circle) and 00000 Million are as moving and powerful as anything in the back catalogue
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8.0
90533
8.0 |
The Guardian
One of the points 22, A Million may be trying to make is that you don’t necessarily have to understand music to enjoy or be moved by it. If that’s the case, then it’s an unequivocal success
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7.5
90677
7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
A bold and superbly produced album with no shortage of superficial pleasures. If you’re prepared to tackle it, good luck
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6.0
90620
6.0 |
The Observer
The flashes of brilliance in Justin Vernon’s dark night of the soul are frustratingly few on his cryptic, effects-laden third album
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6.0
90625
6.0 |
The FT
As a purely musical experience this album is striking, its virtues and vices summed up by the use of a Mahalia Jackson sample
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