Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications

78%
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Further Complications (2009)
genre: Alternative, Rock

score: 78%
users: 67%

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'His new album, Further Complications--musically more immediate, lyrically more beleaguered--was engineered by Steve Albini, whose aesthetics dictate big drums, big guitars and small vocals. So Mr. Cocker is shouting to be heard, which only improves on his comic persona.'
Read more » New York Times
'With Cocker frequently shouting to be heard over the rock racket, Further Complications is best when the music quietens, allowing the singer's glorious one-liners to be savoured.'
Read more » The Guardian
'Produced by Steve Albini, Cocker's excellent second solo disc sets hilariously over-the-top come-ons to bruising garage rock and woozy soul.'
Read more » Rolling Stone
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'The result is an absolute pleasure.'
Read more » NME
'The raucousness of 'Homewrecker!' or the title track will come as a definite surprise to longtime Cocker watchers, though not necessarily a bad one. And the man's droll wordplay is still the dominating factor.'
Read more » Entertainment Weekly
'The songs here pulsate with perversion, a middle-aged man making damn sure that he's going to get with a tight 23-year-old body yet again; it's the sound of a fetishist turned sexual omnivore.'
Read more » All Music Guide
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