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| n/a by observer.guardian.co.uk |
Damaged is a transcendent record - poetic, mysterious, witty, wise and at times so musically grand that it changes the colour of a room and the weight of the air. |
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| n/a by www.stylusmagazine.com |
You could spend an age listing and describing the musical wealth of Damaged... Better just to listen to it, soak it all in, than fail with words. |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
Lambchop have long been one of America’s greatest bands, and Damaged is their greatest achievement. |
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| n/a by www.playlouder.com |
'Damaged' is a hugely welcome addition to Lambchop's now frighteningly impressive back catalogue, and an album with few limitations. |
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| n/a by arts.guardian.co.uk |
A profound melancholy suffuses the elegant and often sublime Damaged. |
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| n/a by www.avclub.com |
Like the 2002 album Is A Woman, Damaged scales back for an opaque set of heartbroken songs inspired by, in Wagner's words, "deeply personal experience." |
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| n/a by www.cokemachineglow.com |
Though the tracks are lengthy, they’re not indulgent but patient, moving at the pace of Frank Sinatra’s September of My Years (1965) rather than the National’s Alligator (2005). |
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| n/a by www.musicomh.com |
Are they a country band playing alt.rock or an alt.rock band playing country? These questions are pointless. They are simply and sublimely Lambchop, and we are lucky to have them. |
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| n/a by www.drownedinsound.com |
Damaged... rises to the same dizzying heights achieved by their last few long-players. |
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| n/a by www.shakingthrough.net |
Damaged is quintessential Wagner: a ponderous, carved-wood gut-punch of a record that finds hope in the mundane details of everyday life, even as the big worldly picture comes crashing down with alarming force. |
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| n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com |
"Damaged" is as nuanced, temperate and contemplative as its predecessor. |
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| n/a by www.prefixmag.com |
The album rewards multiple listens with its sonic depth and subtle structural beauty. It has followed Lamchop tradition and evolved from its predecessor, but it lacks the unruly attitude that makes the band distinct. |
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| n/a by Pitchfork Media |
Damaged is lovely but dull in spots, lacking the fuck-all adventurousness of previous albums. |
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| n/a by thephoenix.com |
Damaged isn’t the most tuneful record Wagner and company have made. |
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| n/a by www.adequacy.net |
It never really builds steam until the end, when it is almost too late. |
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| n/a by www.nowtoronto.com |
Even though the songwriting's tight, the uniformly delicate touch of adult contemporary arrangements will leave you struggling to stay awake till the album's end. |
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