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The focus remains squarely on Phillips' voice and yearning songs, and that's a good place for it to be.
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BillboardEven during the second-tier moments, there's a sense that he's regained his artistic footing. [31 Mar 2007]
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While the results follow the melodic template that Phillips has made his own since his work with Grant Lee Buffalo, listening to Strangelet confirms the man sounds as good as ever and remains plenty imaginative.
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MojoStrangelet's not so much odd as unusually good. [May 2007, p.102]
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FilterA collection of reliable, trustworthy tunes. [#24, p.98]
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Strangelet... seems like the work of a man who hasn’t aged a day since he figured out what kind of music he wanted to make.
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Paste MagazineMesmerizing. [Apr 2007, p.57]
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SpinThe gripping Strangelet strives for a tricky balance of darkness of light... and mostly succeeds, thanks to the raw charisma of Phillips' hangover vocals. [Apr 2007, p.94]
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Strangelet may not be Grant-Lee Phillips’ most stirring collection of songs, but it’s certainly no catastrophe.
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Unfortunately, much of Strangelet just glides by, an immensely frustrated exercise given Phillips’s impeccable track record, and the very real beauty and power inherent in the songs that somehow got scrambled.
User score distribution:
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CalvinH.Aug 26, 2007His best work from years. Great!
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GrantH.Jul 8, 2007On par with, and as consistently good as his best material.
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danielofswedenJun 3, 2007