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Can't Touch Us Now

Madness

Can't Touch Us Now

Eleventh studio album from the London 2 tone pioneers

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6.8

Label
UMC
UK Release date
28/10/2016
US Release date
28/10/2016
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  1. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Old school and immediate. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   Q

    An album which feels as welcoming as an unscheduled drink with an old friend. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    They remain a creatively restless unit
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  4. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Ska-pop legends as entertaining as ever
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  5. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    The band, for now, are a long way from losing their ‘touch’ just yet
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  6. 6.0 |   The FT

    The best tracks are a pair penned by Suggs, lyrically told tales of an old-fashioned Soho of vice and ruin, delivered with storyteller’s relish
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  7. 6.0 |   The Independent

    The most enjoyable tracks are the blue-beat skank about political double-talk, “Mumbo Jumbo”, and “Don’t Leave The Past Behind You”, which has the hooky appeal of earlier Madness classics
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  8. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Much of the album lacks is any kind of heart. Print edition only

  9. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    Madness serves up a release that disappoints while also suggesting there's still plenty of life left in the veteran band
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