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| 8.3 by Pitchfork Media |
Patrick Wolf is growing up. The classically trained, left-of-center indie star's colorful adolescence and early twenties were unusually productive, resulting in two charming albums (2003's Lyc... |
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| 3 by Aftonbladet |
Han har gjort performanceshower, uppträtt med en stråkkvartett på Paris gator, turnérat med Bloc Party och spelat med Wiens symfoniorkester samt släppt två hyllade a... |
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| 8 by NME |
There's a new, lusty Thin White Duke at the door, let him inAs its opening drum tattoo gradually settles into an eager heartbeat, elfin art-rock outsider Patrick Wolf's third album sets out its manife... |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
For anyone who has enjoyed even the briefest of flirtations with pop music, The Magic Position is as bold and captivating a record as you will surely hear all year. |
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| n/a by www.stylusmagazine.com |
A wild and beautiful ride. |
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| n/a by www.slantmagazine.com |
The Magic Position is a euphoric listening experience not even being a critic can spoil. |
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| n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com |
Even at his laziest, Wolf sounds vastly more intelligent, committed and interesting than his supposed rivals, and "The Magic Position" is full of heart, warmth and beauty. |
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| n/a by www.prefixmag.com |
The Magic Position feel[s] more like a missed opportunity than a legitimate breakthrough album. |
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| n/a by www.drownedinsound.com |
It’s easy to overlook a few fizzles in an album stuffed with fireworks. |
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| n/a by www.musicomh.com |
A true work of genius by a true eccentric. |
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| n/a by www.playlouder.com |
Akin to Bowie's 'Hunky Dory', in its senseless but brilliant eclecticism. |
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| n/a by observer.guardian.co.uk |
Detractors will complain that there's nothing to rival the brutal impact of his earlier recordings, but only towards the end does the new-found positivism grate. |
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| n/a by www.hotpress.com |
But so what if The Magic Position ends up creaking slightly under the weight of its own ambition – surely that’s better than settling for the norm? |
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| n/a by www.sputnikmusic.com |
Ranging from dense electronica to stark piano ballads to an amalgamation of indie pop, electronica, and concert orchestra, The Magic Position envisions a magical world where Wolf has everything he could ever want at his disposal. |
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| n/a by www.noripcord.com |
Wolf sometimes succeeds in emulating Kate Bush’s knack for combining the utterly bizarre with godlike musicianship, but sometimes he falls short. |
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| n/a by www.boston.com |
Rarely has spilling one's heart been such a colorful affair. |
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| n/a by arts.guardian.co.uk |
The Magic Position sounds laboured by the end. However, it's difficult not to respond to such delirious joie de vivre. |
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| n/a by www.almostcool.org |
While there aren't any downright bad tracks on The Magic Position, it does have several places where it seems to lose a bit of focus before honing back in on things again. |
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| 7 by Dagensskiva.com |
Blod, sex, skit, rök och död. Det är helt okej. Det är däremot inte det här: “It's going to be a beautiful day/So too the bluebirds say/As I take your hand and you take my kiss/And we take t... |
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