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8.0
102497
8.0 |
Under The Radar
Perhaps the first truly fantastic record of the year
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8.0
102498
8.0 |
Exclaim
A moving, beautiful album that offers community as a cure for loneliness. Even if at times he's somewhat overshadowed by his collaborators, Russell manages to have his voice shine through
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8.0
102499
8.0 |
Clash
Diverse talents are woven together with ease by a man with an encyclopaedic knowledge of how music can affect us. The end result is something truly special
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8.0
102500
8.0 |
Q
A masterclass in the art of collaboration. Print edition only
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8.0
102503
8.0 |
Record Collector
That this is a subtle and seamless love note to music, rather than a case of too many cooks speaks volumes for the man at the helm
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8.0
102505
8.0 |
Evening Standard
It’s a rich mix that suggests Russell has been wasted in the boardroom all these years
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7.7
103583
7.7 |
Gig Soup
Russell definitely seems to be holding some things back, perhaps testing the waters with this project before heading in a certain musical direction
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7.2
102495
7.2 |
Pitchfork
The slower that Russell moves, the better for allowing the disparate components of Everything Is Recorded to settle into something exquisite, as on the gorgeous “Bloodshot Red Eyes,” an R&B ballad adrift in outer space
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7.0
102496
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A record steeped in positivity
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6.0
102501
6.0 |
Mojo
Has its sublime moments, but despite a pervasive post-tricky hip-hop nocturnalism and some loopy-interlude glue sprinkled through, it's just too disparate to cohere into a compelling whole. Print edition only
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6.0
102502
6.0 |
The Observer
As head of XL, Richard Russell shaped UK music for three decades. His own debut release finds its voice in many singers
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