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Though Herbert has outdone himself and matches his ambitions with his achievements, the songs are unmistakably his and Siciliano's, sounding like no one else, twisting and swinging and drifting with optimum vibrancy.
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Warm and quirky. Pleasantly bizarre. Sophisticated and daft. Herbert at his best.
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Entertainment WeeklyHerbert sneakily subverts Scale's apocalyptic thematic thread into something warm and danceable. [2 Jun 2006, p.83]
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Inspiring and ingenious, this is an album you shouldn't be without.
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A lean, focused record, Scale is Herbert's best record to date, and a must-buy for any dance-music fan.
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His most accessible album to date.
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UncutEntertainingly eccentric pop, even if at times it seems to pull in too many directions. [Jun 2006, p.103]
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Under The RadarIt's too early to call Scale a classic, but... Herbert has achieved one of the deftest balances of pop music and politics heard in some time. [#13, p.86]
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Think of it as avant-garde composer John Cage trying his hand at disco and getting it right.
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A highly enjoyable album that doesn't beg to be parsed too deeply.
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Herbert has outdone himself when it comes to his usual conceptual three-ring circus. But, crucially, this time he's put all that theoretical effort into his most memorable songs.
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UrbScale slips into un-passionate, boring territory--in part due to the vocalist, who make sthe whole thing sound somewhat homogeneous. [May 2006, p.86]
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So we've got pop music too lightweight to do much more than fancy up the background and a conceptual underpinning, that, due to the seamless way it's blended into these songs, is near imperceptible.
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Inch by inch -- concept, production, groove -- Scale will measure your desires and dole out exactly what you want: depth, politics, creativity, or club-ready curios.
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One of the best albums of 2006.
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[The songs'] politicism is woven so masterfully into the lush electronic pop medium that you’re never coerced into consideration of any one issue.
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Some of his recent work has prioritized conceptual aims at the expense of his formidable musical talent, but Scale strikes a balance with songs as melodic and inviting as any he's ever composed.
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The WireHerbert still seems like the same oddball he ever was. But the first half of Scale underlines how much fun there is to be had in playing the misfit. [#268, p.56]
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Q MagazineA pleasure, featuring some of his most winging music since [Roisin] Murphy's Ruby Blue. [Jul 2006, p.118]
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If Dani appeared on a few less tracks here, Scale may have been one of the year's finest.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 27
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Mixed: 3 out of 27
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Negative: 2 out of 27
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JayTMar 29, 2007
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matttJan 23, 2007
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JavierMAug 30, 2006