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9.0
102717
9.0 |
God Is In The TV
It’s an extraordinarily immersive listen and a record which continues to provide new sounds and feelings on every play
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8.0
103296
8.0 |
Spectrum Culture
You’ll start to wish Rare Birds was twice as long
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8.0
102805
8.0 |
Record Collector
Thankfully, while pouring out his soul into three or four-minute measures he never loses sight of his attractive Americana-goes-pop sensibilities, most perfectly realised on Over The Midnight and the title track
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8.0
102829
8.0 |
Evening Standard
By turns it’s reminiscent of Talk Talk, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush and the sort of LP your parents might have put on at a dinner party c.1988. Is he being sincere? Who cares when it sounds this good
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8.0
102514
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Rare Birds finds Wilson ditching many of his well-honed points of reference in favour of more contemporary inspirations
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8.0
102515
8.0 |
American Songwriter
A strikingly original, complex and inspired work, one that requires your attention and rewards repeated spins
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8.0
102516
8.0 |
Mojo
This feels like a record you could lose yourself in for months. Print edition only
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8.0
102677
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Soothing mix with psychedelic flair
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8.0
102713
8.0 |
The Observer
Rare Birds is sprawling, rich and, by and large, a triumph, its cosmic mindset and focus on detail breathing drama into songs that in lesser hands might sound stale
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7.7
102616
7.7 |
Earbuddy
Wilson turns in an album that backs up his skills from behind the scenes for other artists. Give this guy the spotlight too
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7.0
102652
7.0 |
All Music
Rare Birds is dizzying in ambition and (mostly) dazzling in execution. It offers hours of enjoyment to anyone who takes it on
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7.0
102522
7.0 |
Uncut
The songs are autobiographical, but not always straightforwardly so. Print edition only
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7.0
102749
7.0 |
Exclaim
It's clear that Jonathan Wilson's naked ambition has reached a zenith, for better and for worse, with Rare Birds
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6.0
102841
6.0 |
The Independent
The lush opacity becomes claustrophobic over his eight-minute default track length: though frequently sweet and beautiful, one’s ultimately left like Heliogabalus, drowned in rose petals
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6.0
102965
6.0 |
Q
Too sprawling for its own good. Print edition only
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6.0
102676
6.0 |
The FT
Despite some conventional lyrical imagery these multi-textured songs are given an easy flow even amid their twists and turns
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5.5
102796
5.5 |
Under The Radar
Rare Birds leaves its listener with a heavy heart, not because of the poor content it contains, but more the underwhelming feel that most of it gives off
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