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Neptune
by The Duke Spirit
The sophomore album for the British quintet was produced by Chris Goss.
| LABEL: |
Artist First |
| RELEASE DATE: |
08 April 2008 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Rock, Indie |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
80
All Music Guide
For every tempest like "Lassoo" or "Neptune's Call," there's an unabashedly pretty moment like the almost serene "Wooden Heart" or "Sovereign," either of which would have been completely out of place on Cuts Across the Land — but it's the depth, power, and flair of moves like these that make Neptune the real introduction to the Duke Spirit.
80
Delusions of Adequacy
This truly is a beautiful collection.
80
Prefix Magazine
It’s tighter, and incredibly, more intimate and intense than the first, this is a band that functions as a whole, not merely a threadbare net of musicians straining to support the singer.
80
musicOMH.com
An album of murky depth, of seductive charms and no end of style.
80
Under The Radar
With Neptune, The Duke Spirit have dredged the sea of their collective talents and recorded a small masterpiece. [Spring 2008, p.75]
70
Spin
For most of Neptune, the Duke Spirit graft sweet coatings onto a dark, swirling center.
62
cokemachineglow
In a nutshell, Neptune is a bit like Grace Slick fronting the Bad Seeds but not as good as it sounds.
62
Pitchfork
The Spirit still play hard-to-get, which helps to avoid any ridiculous moments on this polished sophomore effort, but they're often too stand-offish to even challenge the listener, let alone push the envelope that their influences have so neatly prepared for them.
60
PopMatters
There’s a more defined sound about their sophomore than to their debut, but in opting to clear up the blurred focus and smooth the edges of "Cuts," they also instilled in their music a thirst for hooks and melodies which they don’t always provide.
60
Dot Music
Though their efforts to keep the flame of rock'n'roll burning bright are to be applauded, the feeling that the real standard bearers are tuning up elsewhere is impossible to shrug off.
60
Drowned In Sound
Too often, though, this record slips into a comfort zone that, while making it impossible to generally dislike, renders it hard to get excited about.
60
The Guardian
Their original surging punkery has been preserved in the shape of a few basic indie-moshpit numbers like Into the Fold, but, elsewhere, the addition of trumpets and violins take things to a more interesting level.
60
Uncut
The second album from Cheltenham's The Duke Spirit sounds every bit the heads-down attampt at chart-bothering major rock album. Except, well, it's on an indie, and the tunes don't always match the band's stadium-echo ambitions. [Mar 2008, p.86]
The average user rating for this album is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
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