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| 4.5 superb | Deder545 | April 20th 11 |
R.I.P Gerard Smith. You will be missed!! By the way, this is a great album. It may not be as ambitious as previous efforts from the band, but it is an absolute blast to listen to.
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| 4.5 superb | letsgofishing | March 30th 11 |
Sounds like Tunde just got laid
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| 2.5 average | conradtao EMERITUS | April 1st 11 |
Is there a reason why Tunde and Co. sound completely euthanized throughout almost the entirety of Nine Types of Light?
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| 3.5 great | Gassman3268 | May 7th 12 |
A solid album, but there is indeed something missing here that was on Dear Science.
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| 3.5 great | zillah | October 29th 11 |
While it got lots of praise, 2008's Dear Science sounded to me like the end of TVOTR's creative phase: essentially a tired retread of previous efforts. Thus, Nine Types of Light is a very pleasant surprise. It's TVOTR's cleanest, most mellow, and straightfowardly enjoyable record, and also one in which Dave Sitek and co shake themselves a good ways toward something new. Opener "Second Song" sounds uncannily like a Bill Callahan track on the verses, but then breaks into a giant, shit-eating chorus of awesome cheese: "All you lovers on a mission / Move your known position / Into the light". It's a guilty pleasure in the absolute best sense, including the fact that singer Tunde Adebimpe sounds totally in on the joke. "Caffeneited Consciousness" could be a really good Super Furry Animals song. And while TVOTR are new to optimistic ballads, they carry three of them off pretty well. "Will Do" is the most delicately produced single the band has ever released while "Killer Crane" actually features a banjo. On the minus side, TVOTR is still indulging its bad habit of recycling melodies to not-very-good effect (see "Dirtywhirl" => "Love Dog"). Much of the intermittantly good, intermittantly awful Kyp Malone-fronted "No Future Shock", has been heard before and better, most notably on "Dancing Choose". As well, it has to be said that the lyrical re-focus on committed love rather than mind-blowing sex is a bit jarring coming from these guys. But also makes this most unearthly cool band sound a little more human, and a little bit rejuvenated in the process.
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| 4.0 excellent | AtavanHalen | June 25th 11 |
In a bizarre turn of events, TVotR haven't managed to make the best album of the year like they threatened to with 2008's brilliant Dear Science. With that said, they've still put together what is so far THE best second half of a 2011 album. Starting with the withered melancholy of "Will Do" and ending with the aggrovated swagger of "Caffeinated Consciousness," these five songs are amongst the band's finest ever work. The first half is not to be underrated, but tracks 6 through 10 are truly what pushes Nine Types from goodness to utter greatness. The late Gerard Smith has left a remarkable legacy with this.
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| 4.0 excellent | John L | April 1st 11 |
It's no Dear Science or Cookie Mtn but it's still TVotR and they still rock. Could see this growing on me. Second Song slays so hard.
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| 3.5 great | shazwagon | March 31st 11 |
Some of it is, no doubt, great! But some of it is...I don't know...unsatisfying?
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| 0.0 | Athom EMERITUS | March 30th 11 |
something about this really really bugs me. it just seems to be missing something.
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| 2.5 average | doofy | January 8th 24 |
| 2.5 average | bloaf38 | December 12th 20 |
| 2.5 average | fog CONTRIBUTOR | September 22nd 20 |
| 2.5 average | vradooo | November 26th 19 |
| 3.5 great | OGGOD | May 4th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Juanpa | June 15th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Gueero | February 9th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Robbyrne | December 25th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Corney | February 16th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Swarm | November 13th 16 |
| 3.5 great | stromz | August 8th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | chayka | July 26th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | A.R.O. STAFF | June 10th 16 |
| 3.5 great | anat CONTRIBUTOR | March 13th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Nbtful | May 1st 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Lotus | January 5th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | F177 | November 17th 14 |
| 3.5 great | oahmed | October 28th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bokonon | October 18th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | SgtPepper EMERITUS | August 28th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Arone | May 22nd 14 |
| 2.5 average | Jade | April 23rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | foxxxy | January 23rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | tarkus | January 9th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Scomadi | September 28th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | gnash | March 23rd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | ZmbZ98 | February 25th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Filling | February 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Swoon | January 7th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Rail | July 18th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Skoj | April 2nd 12 |
| 3.0 good | Yotimi | February 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | RexHunt | January 13th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | qwe3 | January 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Atlas99 | January 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Noke | January 7th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | uman32 | January 4th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thuckabe | December 13th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | 4Train | November 28th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pugnax | October 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | ADAMWD | October 21st 11 |
| 2.0 poor | doqtor | August 19th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | pdbn | June 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Uranium | June 16th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Reza | May 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Comj | May 10th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hugo95 | May 1st 11 |
| 3.5 great | Rowdy | April 29th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | mallen- | April 28th 11 |
| 2.5 average | lobby | April 24th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Guigss | April 24th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Lakes. | April 21st 11 |
| 3.0 good | ziroth | April 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thef | April 19th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | razzle | April 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | tolina | April 17th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | mehd10s | April 15th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | G3N3R1C | April 14th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | NateT | April 13th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ahall75 | April 12th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Acre | April 12th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Skyler | April 11th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Aids | April 9th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Rudy K. EMERITUS | April 7th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Matski | April 7th 11 |
| 3.0 good | roofi | April 7th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | mmadden | April 6th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | thawey | April 5th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Smevin | April 5th 11 |
| 2.5 average | alsid | April 1st 11 |
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