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| 3.0 good | MisterTornado | June 30th 12 |
Some Hank Hill shit going on in that cover.
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| 0.0 | AGuyIsWatchingYou | July 3rd 12 |
David Longstreth abandons any and every sound that made his band interesting, leaving us
with an album devoid of experimentation and without a single drop of uniqueness.
Additionally a few good tracks and a shitload of annoying drum machines and hand claps. Stop
with the hand claps. Please. tl;dr the pop structures of Bitte Orca without the
experimentation built around those structures.
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| 3.0 good | Erwann S. EMERITUS | August 26th 24 |
Swing Lo Magellan kicks off very strongly with quirky indie glitch art pop tunes full of dynamics and engaging hooks, only to dwell in an AnCo imitation snooze in the second half.
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| 3.0 good | ton_ey | September 2nd 12 |
Really enjoying the first half of the album. The last few songs are nothing special.
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| 3.0 good | slrmercedes | July 13th 12 |
I didn't even have to listen to the whole album before I decided that this is great music.
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| 4.5 superb | myhigherpie | July 9th 12 |
Underneath all of the left-field weirdness of past Dirty Projectors records, there was
always a very strong sense of structural unity and cohesiveness. It implied that David
Longstreth was, first and foremost, a gifted and consistent songwriter. Swing Lo Magellan is
essentially what's underneath all of that left-field weirdness. A collection of
straightforward pop and folk tunes that illustrate Longstreth's proficiency as a songwriter
and his ear for infectious melody and harmony. The result is far more wonderful than the sum
of its parts. More unassuming than their back-catalog, but simultaneously stronger and more
listenable than all of them combined, and one of the best albums of 2012 so far.
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| 3.5 great | doofy | January 9th 24 |
| 3.5 great | Timmy | January 20th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brabiz | May 1st 21 |
| 3.5 great | bloaf38 | December 12th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Sowing STAFF | May 10th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mathias EMERITUS | December 8th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Grzka | December 6th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Khattak | September 14th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | KevinMM | July 16th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Keira | April 22nd 18 |
| 3.5 great | xuewen | March 6th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gueero | February 9th 18 |
| 3.5 great | PaabL | December 20th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Klkofe | April 24th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Runeii | March 7th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | trevvvy | March 7th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | JohnZapp | February 25th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | hep | January 6th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Fuff24 | October 31st 16 |
| 3.5 great | tjare | September 3rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | sheep | May 24th 15 |
| 2.5 average | rhp2015 | October 21st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ZBJE | October 1st 14 |
| 4.5 superb | sje45 | August 4th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lotus | July 21st 14 |
| 2.5 average | Adam | March 4th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | yoKenny | January 7th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ddlinkz | August 10th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Oddsen | July 25th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Meruem | April 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Steev0h | March 8th 13 |
| 3.0 good | tnd | February 24th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | jorsh | February 10th 13 |
| 3.5 great | gp0942 | January 30th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sleaper | January 27th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | zoso33 | January 20th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | newrot | December 18th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Filling | December 10th 12 |
| 3.5 great | ILJ | December 2nd 12 |
| 3.0 good | derho | November 28th 12 |
| 3.5 great | mehd10s | November 18th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | josesom | November 7th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zainish | October 24th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Will R. EMERITUS | October 10th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | lu0490 | September 30th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | pen | September 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Crownley | September 2nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Smevin | August 31st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | ru2327 | August 22nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tupik | August 21st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | TheDMV | August 18th 12 |
| 2.5 average | iSkane | August 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | SYLover | July 27th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | ADAMWD | July 22nd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | P4K | July 16th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | gvogel | July 16th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Connr93 | July 14th 12 |
| 2.5 average | greg84 EMERITUS | July 14th 12 |
| 3.5 great | ZedO | July 12th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Rudy K. EMERITUS | July 10th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | July 10th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | cuki92 | July 9th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matski | July 2nd 12 |
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