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| 4.5 superb | MassiveAttack | May 11th 08 |
Amazing collection of remixes, songs, rarities, etc. This is by far Tortoise's best work to date. Something that always catches my ear when I listen to Tortoise - the fact they're unique in every which way.
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| 4.5 superb | catharsis | February 24th 08 |
Tortoise astounds me at every turn; their sound changing sometimes drastically from song to song on a single album. A Lazarus Taxon is no exception. You find gentle, fluid and almost ambient tracks like "Adverse Camber", "Blue Station", and "Autumn Sweater", then you move on through the CD and are blown away by lengthy jazz driven breakdowns, such as in "Didjeridoo" and "Cliff Dweller Society", on to fuzzy, earthy electronica sequences like "A Grape Dope", "Sexual For Elizabeth", and "Blackbird". This album has something for everyone on it, incorporating jazz, electronica, and elements of post-rock and progressive.
Despite the large amount of remixed tracks on the multiple CDs, the sound stays true to Tortoise's roots, eclectic, bipolar, extreme; lulling you into security, then yanking you back out at neck-breaking speed. This album is a must have for any Tortoise fan, and a must hear for anybody who hasn't heard of this group. They push it to the limit with whatever musical strength they can muster, and surprise you with the simple change of a track, and sometimes, mid-song. Overall, a charismatic and juicy addition to the Tortoise collection.
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| 3.0 good | 2ool | April 28th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | March 27th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Artax36 | April 23rd 15 |
| 2.5 average | Dunpeal | December 23rd 13 |
| 3.5 great | nkbr | April 9th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | BrainPie | September 13th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | IAJP | August 19th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | quaoar | May 25th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Nach0 | February 15th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | RG560M | July 26th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zebra | June 10th 08 |
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