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Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Magnet
    Nov 17, 2015
    80
    Be Small connotes acceptance of the intimacy Temple can't seem to breach. [No. 126, p.57]
  2. Nov 4, 2015
    80
    The sun may be setting, but an album as self-aware as Be Small is a blinding signal of light and hope.
  3. Uncut
    Oct 27, 2015
    80
    If A Different Ship was the soundtrack to a road trip, the new record is designed for a summer afternoon. [Dec 2015, p.73]
  4. Q Magazine
    Oct 27, 2015
    80
    Intricate and precise, Be Small doesn't demand attention--but slowly and very smartly, it secures it just the same. [Dec 2015, p.108]
  5. Oct 26, 2015
    80
    Be Small is loaded with simply good, interesting songs.
  6. 80
    Always intelligent but never too clever for their own good, Here We Go Magic finally break into a huge, dumb guitar solo on 'News'. That's where they are, making the challenging accessible, a band forging their own path at last. Never mind, Be Small, this thinks big.
  7. 65
    Temple’s chameleonic tendencies make it unlikely that he’ll release an album in this vein again. With that in mind, it’s best to enjoy Be Small for what it is: charming, skilful, and pleasing to the ear.
  8. Oct 26, 2015
    40
    If kept short and sweet, Temple would have made a charmingly laconic record that blossomed in unconventionality, yet sadly here is muddled in his expansive means.

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