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| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | June 11th 18 |
"I Tell A Fly" is an album that sounds like it's too out of season, and that's really cool. Much of Soul, Jazz and many Blues songs were explored by Benjamin Clementine. With all this in hand, he was able to create a Pop/Soul album that stands out for the life itself that each track presents here. There are moments of exhaustion, joy, sadness, calm and lots of fun. With a great artist like Benjamin Clementine, sound quality is always something to be expected.
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| 4.5 superb | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | March 20th 24 |
Benjamin at his most otherworldly and musically expansive, with perhaps the greatest payoffs too.
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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | October 8th 20 |
A burlesque, patchworky album that makes for a very interesting listen. This is made of invariably superb light piano sections, random harpischord bits, grooves of various origins - there is even some DnB DNA in 8 -, broadway-evoking vocals - probably my main issue with the album - and lots and lots of other elements all pieced together in a completely non linear and rather chaotic way but one that works somehow. While it is a bit of a struggle to love in its entirety given how many elements it has, especially when like me you are allergic to musicals, this is nonetheless a super fun album, full of ideas and unexpected things, and frankly a worthy listen. Main highlights were perhaps 4,6 and 9, but this is a thing to be listened in full. RIP Ted. 3.9
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| 4.0 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | January 21st 20 |
Musically, this is one of the most adventurous records released the past decade. The elements of progressive pop, chamber jazz and even some impressionism (s/o to my homeboy Claude) reflects the sophistication of bands like Genesis, and especially their most theatrical and over-the-top records such as The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. But even though some comparisons can be made (y'know we all need some common ground), what is most striking in this album is how unique it sounds: his voice sounds like no one else, he makes use of unusual instruments (THAT THEREMIN, and that harpsichord too), and he manages to bring together elements of pop and modern classical while trying to experiment with the whole lot. A difficult album, sure, an oddity even in our current musical environment (especially when it wins a Mercury Prize), but one that slowly reveals itself to listeners patient enough to witness the blooming of a unique artist.
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| 4.0 excellent | doofy | January 9th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oatus | May 18th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Harff7 | September 16th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Fugue | February 11th 21 |
| 2.5 average | Alex C. | January 6th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Sowing STAFF | May 10th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Tasty | February 11th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mad. | August 28th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | ciregno | June 13th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Absurd | April 2nd 18 |
| 3.5 great | A.R.O. STAFF | March 7th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Chortles | February 16th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Cifirni | February 1st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mojito | January 5th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | JJKeys | January 1st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | perlox | December 28th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | gagnonov | December 22nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | Tim00w | December 19th 17 |
| 3.5 great | ellagos | December 12th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | JS19 | December 8th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Ulshad | December 6th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hyndez | November 23rd 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | FakeOne | November 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | TBH717 | November 16th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | KSR0203 | November 14th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | espnil | November 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | jtswope | November 7th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | gilly | November 7th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh F. | October 27th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Runeii | October 22nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | TwigTW | October 15th 17 |
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