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Generally favorable reviews- based on 472 Ratings
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Positive: 368 out of 472
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Mixed: 47 out of 472
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Negative: 57 out of 472
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PaulMJan 9, 2008I guess either you get it or you don't. Absolutely brilliant, hypnotic, otherworldly, beautiful...
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MRDec 6, 2007like massive attack in the 90s, this is the voice of urban britain a decade later
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giantrootJan 19, 2008Oh Jesus. Hype? No. It's Very Greatest Album of I've Listened.
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HaterHJan 2, 2008This may be the greatest dubstep album of all time.
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WillFeb 14, 2008Why do inventive and inspiring BRITISH artists get such a hard time on this site? First The Streets, then Dizzee Rascal and now Burial. Is it because American music is so uniformed and boring as shit or do the yanks just have a poor taste in music? This is a mesmerizing album from Burial that plays as the perfect backdrop to urban living in the UK.
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RyanLDec 14, 2007
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ZachW.Dec 16, 2007I simply don't get it I guess.
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WesMOct 11, 2008It's like the beautifully bleak, manic depressive anti-thesis to Since I Left You by the Avalanches.
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AdamBJan 7, 2008I just don't understand the hype - there is nothing original or 'beautiful' about it. It's dull, end of story.
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TobiasC.Jan 19, 2008Meh!
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GalenM.Jan 15, 2008
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JoseR.Jan 10, 2008I bought this album and really gave it a chance. I even asked my girlfriend if she heard something I wasn't catching. She had the same reaction I had: "Turn this crap off." What is it with these electronic albums that have the same boring sound over and over getting great reviews. Save your money and time. Get In Rainbows or anything by The Kings Of Leon if you want to hear good music!
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JodieLDec 10, 2008
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KalebSJan 7, 2008If you're looking for a relaxation CD, you've just found one. If you're looking for interesting, inspired dubstep, look elsewhere, because Untrue is monotonous, dull and repetitive. Quite possibly the most overrated album of the year.
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ManchesterUKFeb 25, 2008Errr, sorry guys but this is overated tosh. Surely Massive Attack have been doing it so much better for years. Yeah yeah yeah I'm sure it's different than MA but ultimately it's the same genre but not as good by a long way. Each to their own but as hard as I try to get into this album. It just aint happening.
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CaseyS.Dec 4, 2007This has to be one of the cheesiest records the genre has ever produced. There's not one hint of restraint or taste throughout. Not to mention it sounds like it was composed in 5 days and mixed for 5 months. Way overhyped.
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JoshDec 5, 2007
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NirvDec 6, 2007This is the type of album you put on for your Asian girlfriend so she can get to sleep quicker. That's all it is. You don't seriously listen to this stuff because it's no LCD Soundsystem, it's no Justice, and it's no, and as much as I dislike them, Radiohead.
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MikeB.Jan 10, 2008highly over rated and un impressive music
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HajeD.Jan 15, 2008What a noise, terrible. I listen to more than 1500 groups, with a big variation in style, so I am used to listen to a lot, but this album, no, garbage.
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hoffoJan 16, 2008pretty over rated album i must say, its really really booooooooring. well maybe like 3 pretty good tracks but alot of filler in here.
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m-dubberJan 2, 2008That people actually like this crap says alot about how unbelievably stupid the human species is. This "album" if you want to call it that, is just a bunch of computer noises thrown together on a CD. It just disgusts me that I am part of the same species that actually like this abomination.
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BenjaminLFeb 8, 2008Not very good. Simple and boring beats. Cheesy vocal samples. Just generally uninspired.
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JonathanC.Mar 31, 2008Boring as hell.
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TequilaD.Dec 11, 2007Dark sounds dun make good Albums. Same beats all the time never mind.
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RodM.Dec 3, 2007fantastic!
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MaxM.Dec 3, 2007"best electronic album of 2007"?! HAHA! please. Radiohead: In Rainbows best by far. Give me a ring when a new electronic band comes up that's better than radiohead. Until then, don't bother me with this bullshit.
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StephenM.Dec 4, 2007Surely one of the most overestimated electronic releases in many a moon. Future Sound of London were doing this sort of thing with more skill, panache, and conviction over a decade ago. The fawning critical reception over this trifle is just baffling!
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ChrisB.Dec 6, 2007I can make nice sounds with my laptop and a synthesizer as well. This is some serious trash. What is wrong with you people who rated this so high? Its almost unlistenable.
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BenJ.Dec 6, 2007Dreary, and so inoffensive it might as well be used now to soundtrack a whole series of adverts.
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GonzOJan 16, 2008I don't see the appeal. Repetative, boring... a technical lullabye.
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BLJan 19, 200891... lol.. seriously.. lol. i love electronica, but if you want something laid back try aphex twins selected ambient works 85-92. i seriously doubt there are more than a small handful of people out there who listen to this on a regular basis.
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seeds13Jan 19, 2008This music is weak and lacks substance. It wouldn't even make an impact if it was blasting at someone's "burial". Hell, I've heard better sounds blast out of my a$$. Seriously. The vocals seem to be some kind of sick joke from the world of pop. But, go ahead and vote high since you have little taste in music. I personally am drawn to musicians.
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JimD.Jan 2, 2008way overrated, metacritics rating system is bollocks to be honest.
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GabrielDec 7, 2008A futuristic boring reality. Untrue gets real, a truly fake of hopes. Buried in rainbows.
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JohnNJan 29, 2008WTF...am I missing out on the joke. I keep waiting for the songs to start and they never do!!
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ElizabethAJan 29, 2008SG, don't be a pretentious ass. I hardly think the rest of us "don't know what music is". Get over yourself. This album is some people's cup of tea, but not mine.
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gnomars.Jan 3, 2008Remember "trip-hop"? Nothing really new here that wasn't done 10 years ago. I just can't listen to this stuff anymore...boring.
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TedQ.Jan 3, 2008Best album of the year? What a crock. I've listened to it, I honestly have. It's pretentious and dull as I expected. There is no artistic value I could find in sparse sound scapes.Don't buy the hype.
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markp.Jan 4, 2008Hell, really, come on guys pretty dull methinks (a polite term for having one's head stuck up one's backside for 70 minutes)
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petesJan 4, 2008It is overrated completely. it is boring and oldfashioned..just good for dancing..i a certain way it feels melancholic
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MikeGJan 6, 2008Horrible album, cannot dance to it nor can be enjoyed as experimental. If you want dance listen to LCD soundsystem and daft punk. If you want experiment listen to panda bear or Black Moth Super Rainbow. I don't understand why people like this album.
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HexSJan 9, 2008Another release for music snobs only. They give bonus points for being obscure and having bad sound quality.
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DanielL.Feb 6, 2008a perfect example of why music critics can't be trusted to rate music its boring if you like to trip acid for days and have time to waste you might like it cause its interesting but not music just somewhat artsy noise anyone who understands how to write music and how to play it knows this is not music (cause eerie vocals doesn't show emotion to me)
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TKApr 1, 2008If this is an exemplary dubstep album, then I suppose I hate dubstep and dismiss it as a weak-ass genre. I really love the individuals on here write things like "Either you just get it or you don't" or "Either you like it or you just don't get it." Trust me, I "get it" and I still think it sucks.
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TimTApr 15, 2008Terrible, sounds like a boy band synthed with some shocking dubstep
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KlausVMay 27, 2008Completely forgettable and weird.
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TomJ.Dec 11, 2007The only reason this is ranked so high is that, if you look, very few serious media journals even bothered to review it. The whole album sounds like a Korg sampler demo, with even less honest emotion. Crap Sandwich!
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MikeHDec 10, 2007Sorry, I cannot listen to this - AT ALL!
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DoctorRDec 18, 2007This is a terrible album, it might as well have the first track on repeat for the whole thing. It annoys me how this can be rated so well, maybe i don't understand dub-step enough. Then again I don't have to understand linkin park to know that their music is terrible too.
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huhDec 6, 2007I love songs that all have the same beat!!! Pump and Dump for cargo records
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SlinddeeanaJ.Jan 11, 2008I guess I shouldn't have rated this album yet, but I tought I need to chime in ahead of time. The reviews have been awlful for album of the year. I just picked it up on Zune Marketplace. I will report back in an hour.
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DavidEJan 29, 2008What the ****. I don't even understand the amazing reviews at all. Honestly, if you want great music (emphasize MUSIC) listen to OK computer, The Bends, Kid A, or In Rainbows - and then try listening to Burial. It pales so much in comparison its almost excruciating to see so many 8-10s. This is to music what blotches of paint on a white canvas are to art. A joke.
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AlansDec 17, 2007This is the highest rated album on metacritic? Music sure has fallen under hard times if Burial's Untrue 'masterpiece' is the best album of the year. It does make a good lullabye for babies in need of sleep, however.
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ElliotKDec 18, 2007UGH... my god this album is by far the most overrated album of the year... along with field, and MIA... really disappointing its getting all this undeserved recognition.
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MichaelH.Dec 31, 2007
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ThomasKDec 31, 2007Not very good. Almost every song sounds the same. Moody atmospherics, a decent beat, and a sample of someone singing the same phrase over and over again. That just about sums up every track on the album. How this crap could beat out Panda Bear, Battles, Radiohead, or even The Field for highest rated album of the year is beyond me.
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Jan 17, 2011I'm sorry, but this album did nothing but give me headaches; the beats are simply repetitive, and the images that the album tries to conjure are either non-interesting or just down depressing.
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LuisB.Jan 10, 2008Honestly have not been able to stop listening to this album. I have forced myself to stop listening to it because I believe its becoming an obsession. Usually it might take a couple listens before I get into an album, this one from my first listen I have not been able to stop. Absolutely haunting.
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dezv.Jan 8, 2008Very good album. If you're bored by all that lame guitarpop, folksy pretense and tuneless r&b/hiphop, this is homecoming.
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BrandonDJan 8, 2008I can understand why people wouldn't like this album, I wasn't too sure of it at first either. After a while, it definitely grew on me. Not exactly the best album of the year, but a great effort nonetheless.
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RobH.Mar 4, 2008OK Computer is an amazing album. There is actually no filler on it. I dont know what album you listened to. And Dizzee Rascal and the Streets are both good, but Burial is better. I like RadioHead more than Burial, but Burial is deffinately some of my favorite electronic music I have ever heard.
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PureDavisJul 30, 2008Amazing!
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AdamPMar 4, 2009If this album could be any better, it would be the epitome of perfection, and I don't think I could handle that as my mind would explode.
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JayNov 30, 2007After a couple of listens I can understand the attraction. We've been waiting for something this fantastic, but, I felt some repetition in some of the layout of the songs and wanted a different slant towards the end, I WANTED MORE. A few more listens I may feel different and see the simplicity in his follow through.
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CharlesNov 30, 2007Album of the year, by far. I'm thinking I'll consider it one of the tops of the decade in a few years time. I can't remember the last time I was so obsessed and excited by an album. Awesome and beautiful.
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PeterNov 30, 2007This album deserves the hype. One of the best electronic albums I've ever heard.
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JoeH.Dec 11, 2007The amazing thing about this record is that while it sounds like nothing I've heard before, it always feels like home. Somehow, without any real lyrics to speak of, Burial's music seems to evoke countless narratives. At times heartbreaking; at others full of hope. Archangel is easily one of the best tracks of the year.
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JustinMDec 1, 2007Gorgeously nuanced dubstep. Strong contender for the best electronic record of 2007.
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BssDec 10, 2007
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JKDec 1, 2007The content is at odds with the style. Dance beats, depressing? Throws in everything, kitchen sink included, as far as samples are concerned which hurts cohesion and focus. It is listenable, but pointless, as the ambiance is easily the focus here, over anything resembling songwriting, which to many people is ideal, I'm sure.
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ToddW.Dec 13, 2007
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MycroftW.Dec 1, 2007This is one bloody spooky dance record.
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AlanR.Dec 14, 2007Hmmm.... 13 reviews and its still 91. Looks like good taste is contagious. Don't let the prudes dull your appreciation for subtle music.
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AlexanderSDec 4, 2007A wonderful album!
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[Anonymous]Dec 5, 2007I knew Burial would do better than his first album, but I wasn't expecting something this great. Nothing is better than listening to this album late at night driving in the city. Truly beautiful soundscapes with hypnotic beats.
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LanceT.Dec 6, 2007This album is spooky and beautiful at the same time. You can listen to it while you are trying to relax or when you want to have a pick me up. It's quite wonderful.
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RodM.Dec 6, 2007fantastic!
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PlatA.Jan 10, 2008Dubstup ftw
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AaronMJan 1, 2008Beautiful. Filled with all the dirt, grime, and grim lovelorn beauty of back alley London. Speaks wonders about city life away from the rich and famous.
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borizJan 12, 2008Yeah, this is one horribly overrated release. Its hardly experimental, every track has an identical feel, theres just not enough variation to keep me into this. Chuck it on when your stoned out of your brain at 3am.
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IanM.Jan 17, 2008Great album! I really cannot understand all the people comparing it to LCD Soundsytem and the like... "makes you want to feel like a teenager, until you remember the feelings of, a real live emotional teenager". And people say this sounds awkward and trite!!! Beautiful background music for a rainy day...
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neils.Jan 10, 2008kind of like endtroducing, timeless and selected ambient works 1 and 2 mashed together, filtered to death and served in a nice tea to someone on a comedown. i like it.
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MatheusBDec 30, 2008Very deep, touching vocals, almost angelical... put also very sad. It puts together a lot of feelings but not suitable for all places and situations. Works for me though. I loved it.
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alktothekJan 23, 2008Utterly mindblowing, sounds like the mass of oddly beautiful detritus England has become. Perhaps haters may need to upgrade sound systems/narrow perspective of what music is. All about the sub.
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ManuelPJan 8, 2008great album!
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NateBJan 8, 2008
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JeremyTJan 8, 2008
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SheaE.Jan 9, 2008I wish some of you guys could appreciate this album is as much as me. The backlash here is astonishing for such a beautiful album.
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RMJan 9, 2008
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JimBJan 9, 2008
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AmsterdamFeb 15, 2008this would be a great soundtrack for a "La Haine" like movie in London!!
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DarrylMFeb 2, 2008What a great soundtrack this album would be to a film. I own Radiohead's "In Rainbows" and "OK Computer" and this album is just as mesmerizing, inventive and compelling. I am truly chuffed that all the professional critics gave it the universal acclaim it deserves. Bravo.
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AlexW.Feb 7, 2008I liked it a lot - but i prefer faster beats and to the person below who said ok computer was a good album - its not really - two good songs - karma police and the other hit the rest id just filler - god knows why it is often rated the best album ever - theirs no feelings to it! granted karma police probably is the best song ever written!
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JasonDeM.Mar 23, 2008This has been in constant rotation in my car since it came out. Very much the next step in dubstep. You will love it. PS those who don't like electronic music (Radiohead does NOT count) need not apply.
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AidanMar 27, 2008Spacey, dark, and fantastically put together. At first listen, repetitive and dull, but more was revealed on each listen. Beautifully frightening.
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josem.Apr 12, 2008Just let me tell you something. That's a masterpiece!. A wonderful Molecular Complexity!!!!!
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VeronikaS.Apr 2, 2008Absolutely marvelous
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Awards & Rankings
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Burial has concocted a noir-ish sound that’s as powerful as it is atmospheric.
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What gives this album more depth is the focus, the rolling symmetry and cinema.
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That emptiness tempts a listener in, and puts you in its place--you, in a sense, step into the record’s point of view. This invitation to intimacy is a powerful move that most club music is simply incapable of.