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XX
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| Part No: | B002N1AEN2 |
| Manufacturer: | Xl Recordings |
| MFG Part: | 40450 |
| Customer Rating: | 4.5 / 5.0 |
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The Xx unique make-up is an inadvertent second nature marriage of 2009's urban/guitar tribes, in one corner fluttering new wave indebted reverberation, in the other, plumes of post-dubstep sub-bass and figuratively, their defining core of rich R&B vocal textures. The enveloping vocal partnership of Romy and Oliver is one that would've dropped-jaws in any decade this century, and set amidst a shivering soundscape of beats and plucks, their bedroom-reared concrete-soul is being justly heralded as the UK's most original and treasured alt. pop artifact of late.
2009 debut album from the London-based quartet who combine beautiful, hushed vocal duets and a brilliantly inventive use of samples and low-end frequencies to produce stark, sweet melancholic Pop. Comprising Jamie Smith, Baria Qureshi, Oliver Sim and Romy Madley Croft, The xx came to prominence with their gorgeous 'Crystallized' single from earlier in the year. The song was possibly the best dueling boy/girl vocal track since... 'Nothing Better' by The Postal Service? 'No Hope For Us' by Arab Strap? Not like we're keen on hyperbole or anything, but The Big Pink and Micachu and the Shapes have both taken the band on tour with them, so they clearly share our excitement over this lot. XL Recordings. 2009.
| Love Is A Rose | 2010-09-07 | 5 / 5 |
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| If you know those words, u will understand XX. They r beautiful. and unique. A couple in communication, that is what this album's about. That's what love is about. Shhhhh.....and Listen. |
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X writes an OK song.
And that's it. ONE OK song over and over and over and over. This album is like one boring dull hum. At 1st you are hopeful at things like the easy beat and the male/female duet. But nothing ever changes or materializes. If you made a graph of this album, it would be a horizontal line. X = 0. The whole band needs to lay off the Xanax.(must be what the X stands for) Worst vocal delivery ever! |
| One of 2009's top debuts | 2010-07-23 | 4 / 5 |
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| This is an interesting minimalist cool Cd with echoes of Joy Division (and, therefore, New Order), the early Cure, the Bristol bands like Portishead and most of all The Durutti Column. Some of the negative reviewers have criticized both vocalists as being technically deficient. They are missing the point. The sparse conversationalist singing suits both lyrics and music perfectly. The XX have made one of 2009's best debuts. |
| an amazing album by an equally amazing, underrated band | 2010-07-20 | 5 / 5 |
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it's all in the title.
intro 10/10
vcr 8/10
crystalised 10/10 (favorite)
islands 10/10
heart skipped a beat 8/10
fantasy 10/10
shelter 10/10 (favorite)
basic space 10/10
infinity 10/10
night time 10/10
stars 10/10
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| exxcelent! | 2010-07-15 | 5 / 5 |
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this cd is awesome! and it came to me very very fast! :)
a very low price for that is the most wonderful thing |
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