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The album is a whole effort, not just one or two overachieving songs that make the entire thing seem better than it really is. Along with Brazilian Girls, one of this year’s hotter electronic releases.
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FilterThe rare album that works smoking alone, engaged in a postprandial conversation, or sharing a cigarette and scotch with a friend. [#14, p.101]
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It works brilliantly.
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So darkly delicious you have to admit it's their masterwork.
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Their most focused and captivating work to date.
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The Cosmic Game displays much of what we've come to expect from Thievery: lush, down-tempo beats laced with authentic Jamaican and Latin flair.
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Thievery Corporation succeeds on The Cosmic Game by using collaborations to build on an established repertoire of instrumental music.
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Q MagazineHere the diverse mix of everything from jazz funk to Pink Floyd seems better realised. [Mar 2005, p.101]
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Under The RadarAlmost too coherent, but it's a fantastic background for unwinding after the afterparty. [#9]
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You won't necessarily encounter anything substantially removed from their prior work, but you will witness the duo allowing new voices to assume a greater role in rocketing each song to some bright red futon in a distant region of the cosmos.
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UncutMore than another coaster on the coffee-table circuit. [Mar 2005, p.108]
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UrbBuilds upon the familiar grab bag with the addition of a trippier, more psychedelic vibe and high-profile, pop-minded guest vocalists. [Mar 2005, p.114]
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MojoIt's a few tracks too long, but it's easy to get lost in its smoked-out haze. [Apr 2005, p.89]
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Paste MagazineLike much of Thievery Corporation's work, it's enveloping if not terribly galvanizing. [#16, p.138]
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Entertainment WeeklyHampered by lazy beats and an overabundance of world-music window dressing. [25 Feb 2005, p.102]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 18
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Mixed: 0 out of 18
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Negative: 1 out of 18
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Aug 15, 2011My favorite album from a band who puts on one of the best live shows you'll ever see.
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tessDec 17, 2005wicked album, one of the best from the ' thievery' to this date
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EdwardJMar 22, 2005I think it's ill. I feel like they turned the volume down a little and then put the speakers up against the window.