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8.5
94271
8.5 |
Under The Radar
Overflowing with a sad, lonely-sounding ambiance, it's the sort of album to stay up late with, smoke, and drink something containing lots of vermouth
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8.0
94286
8.0 |
The Observer
He is one of pop’s greatest bullshit detectors. Here, though, he is not so much tearing down the temple as examining the corbelling like a buildings regulations inspector
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8.0
94212
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
Jarvis has always been one for a bon mot or two and 'Room 29' has clearly spurred his infamous wit
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8.0
94207
8.0 |
All Music
An intersection of the glamorous past of Hollywood and our arch modern sensibility, and it succeeds gloriously at that
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8.0
94210
8.0 |
Uncut
Delicious moments
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8.0
94341
8.0 |
The 405
A thrilling trip into a time and a place where nothing is really quite as it seems and the glamorous mask is slipping away
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7.6
94455
7.6 |
Gig Soup
The gem in the crown is clearly the seven plus minutes devoted to ‘A Trick of the Light’
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7.2
94389
7.2 |
Pitchfork
Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales turn their attention towards a famous hotel but end up with a more philosophical examination of these transient spaces
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6.0
94900
6.0 |
Q
Cocker's wordplay is deliciously sharky, complemented by Gonzales's mood music and atmospheric detailing. Print edition only
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6.0
96266
6.0 |
PopMatters
Serious fans of either of these two collaborators will probably want to pick up a copy of Room 29. For the casual listener, however, there is not a great deal to hold onto
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6.0
94211
6.0 |
Mojo
Rendered with uniquely mordant wit
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6.0
94248
6.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Has the feeling of being far more ambitious than it ultimately ends up
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6.0
94329
6.0 |
The Guardian
Room 29 sags in the forlorn middle section, but Bombshell’s nervous energy and the frenzied A Trick of the Light brilliantly expose the torment of falling for an illusion
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5.0
96154
5.0 |
No Ripcord
If you really love the lounge vibe, you'll likely enjoy this trip. For everyone else though, keep your visit to Room 29 a short, selective one
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4.0
94208
4.0 |
The FT
The songs are too sketchy to link characters and the mood wavers unsteadily between melancholy and mockery
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4.0
94209
4.0 |
The Independent
One can’t help thinking the ghosts and echoes of previous scandalous indulgences are rather betrayed by the project’s neat, sentimental manner
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