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  • Summary: Actress Julia Davis provides narration for the British singer-songwriter's conceptual album about the adventures of a Badger, cat, and a fox.
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  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Q Magazine
    Aug 20, 2013
    80
    Rock N Roll Animals is a particularly curdled creation. [Sep 2013, p.104]
  2. Aug 6, 2013
    80
    Haines is still a force of nature, more Uriah Heep than David Copperfield, and his sharp-tongued critiques, especially of his chosen field, though tempered with moments of sentimentality, remain as volatile as ever.
  3. Jul 25, 2013
    80
    Beneath the sarcastic wit lies warmth and some of his most beautiful songs since Showgirl, which glisten with Bowie-ish 12-string guitars and endearing semi-autobiographical asides.
  4. Aug 7, 2013
    80
    He's in playful mood and the tunes certainly don't suffer as a result.
  5. Jul 25, 2013
    70
    It's not a classic and it won't get him back in the NME, but it'll more than entertain those willing to listen.
  6. Uncut
    Jul 31, 2013
    70
    Full of sound and furry. [Sep 2013, p.89]
  7. 60
    It’s a bit nuts, but the ominous, shimmering psychedelia of standout tracks ‘Three Frendz’ and ‘Angel Of The North’ elevate the album beyond a quirky, Watership Down-esque curiosity.

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