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Blue Morpho
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Metascore
87

Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews What's this?

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  • Summary: The second solo release from Radiohead's Ed O'Brien was produced by Paul Epworth and features contributions by Shabaka Hutchings, Dave Okumu, Philip Selway, and The Tallinn Chamber Orchestra.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Uncut
    May 21, 2026
    90
    A triumph, personally and creatively. [Jun 2026, p.33]
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  2. Paste Magazine
    May 21, 2026
    83
    Blue Morpho is the exact album Radiohead fans hoped O’Brien had in him: as adventurous, curious, and open-armed as the man himself.
  3. Record Collector
    May 21, 2026
    80
    As it ends, you come away with the impression that O’Brien’s solo career has truly taken flight second time around. [Jun 2026, p.100]
  4. Mojo
    May 21, 2026
    80
    It's the oddly formless Thin Places, a floating reverie where the solidness of life has apparently been rubbed away, that best captures the mood of this deeply meditative record, intermittent electric-blue flashes of revelation glinting through the darkness. [Jul 2026, p.82]
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  5. New Musical Express (NME)
    May 21, 2026
    80
    This is the sound of healing, with Ed O’Brien out of his cocoon and in dazzling flight.
  6. Clash Music
    May 21, 2026
    80
    As ambitious and meticulously-composed as one would expect, O’Brien’s latest is a beautiful, serene slab of mercurial art rock that, despite some likeable shorter cuts (‘Solfeggio’ and ‘Thin Places’ offer up heartfelt ambience) soars on the strength of the lengthy tracks that book-end it.

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