Album Rating: 4.5
I listen to this in the middle of winter every year and it gives me a kind of euphoria that I desperately need.
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Album Rating: 3.5
t/t is an absolute stormer, but this whole thing has some of the most borderline patronising spoken word samples of any record I can think of. Absolute flop on the show-don't-tell front I think Burial usually excels at - I like the final sample on Come Down to Us for the framing it gives the whole thing, but the rest just feel stifling. Real shame
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Album Rating: 3.5
yeah i can definitely agree with that. this is probably my least favorite of his non-ambient releases
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Album Rating: 4.5
Oof. Defs one of his best. Took me a minute to warm up to it though. Always felt a bit extra sonically and lyrically before that
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Album Rating: 4.5
Love that sample too tho Johnny
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Album Rating: 4.5
He took a similar approach on the shock power of love EP. I get why more upfront lyrical stuff seems unfitting for burial because it’s usually obscured or less intelligible, but i personally think it works really well for his music. The more comfortable he’s gotten with what he has to say, the clearer the samples have become. Pretty beautiful
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Album Rating: 4.5
Also yeah coming back to this i always forget how heavy this album is on the r&b influence, that’s always been a big part of burial’s ethos because duh 2-step but this is by farrr the most full tilt r&b tip he’s ever done. I remember thinking come down to us was just so sluggish and indulgent, I think it was tough for a lot of burial fans to vibe with initially including me for literally years but it’s aged as one of his finest imo. Come back to it later Johnny dear
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Album Rating: 3.5
i wish it grew on me
its slightly more satisfying in the context of "tunes" but the non-t/t tracks are still just decent for me
t/t is still incredible though ofc
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
dis best woo
new one is his best since this one
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oooh new burial good? must czech
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Album Rating: 5.0
This one is so good
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Album Rating: 3.5
"how heavy this album is on the r&b influence, that’s always been a big part of burial’s ethos because duh 2-step but this is by farrr the most full tilt r&b tip he’s ever done."
the actual R&B-styled samples on this are mostly good
the majority of the spoken word samples are absolutely not. feels so crass and corny compared to what I dig from Burial - sheds too much of the murk the last two EPs thrived on and sours the whole experience for me. clearly well-intended (and I get that making a departure from his more shadowy style was probably inspiring at the time), but it just feels artless and hamfisted to me :/
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