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Rolling Stone (p.68) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Brace Paine's dirty guitar lines grind in the Olympia, Washington tradition....A righteous life-affirming ride." Entertainment Weekly (p.p.84) - "What remains is a bare-bones backbeat, a few menacing guitar riffs, and Ditto's cracked, crackling dynamism." -- Grade: B+ Uncut (p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 -- Singer Beth Ditto's huge, bluesy holler is inevitably the focal point but, as the lean neo-disco of 'Listen Up!' and the irresistibly simmering 'Dark Lines' prove, The Gossip are very much an ensemble." Magnet (p.99) - "The Gossip's third full-length balances restraint and abandon in a near-perfect ritual tease." CMJ (p.4) - "[T]his is Gossip's most musically diverse album, with soulful showstoppers and sweaty, jazzy bluesbreakers." Mojo (Publisher) (p.92) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Gossip have finally hewn their rough 'n' tumble rock 'n' roll band into a group that can hold its own on the dancefloor."

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