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CRITICAL WAX

2020 ALBUM REVIEWS


We have provided album reviews for a number of websites (see current recipients below).  Our own classic album summaries and recommendations can be found over in our Essential section, as well as a guide to essential tracks.  Occasionally CWax ratings are altered by publications to, in their view, better reflect the written review, hence our ratings may occasionally differ from those appearing on the publications' own sites.  Click on album cover image for full review.
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THE 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form

Stereoboard - May 2020
CWax Rating 50%

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AC/DC - Power Up

Stereoboard - November 2020
CWax Rating 80%

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ALL THEM WITCHES - Nothing As The Ideal

musicOMH - September 2020
CWax Rating 70%

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BADLY DRAWN BOY - Banana Skin Shoes

Stereoboard - May 2020
CWax Rating 80%

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bdrmm - Bedroom

musicOMH - July 2020
CWax Rating 70%

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ANDY BELL - The View From Halfway Down

Stereoboard - October 2020
CWax Rating 70%

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MATT BERNINGER - Serpentine Prison

Stereoboard - October 2020
CWax Rating 80%

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BIFFY CLYRO - A Celebration Of Endings

musicOMH - August 2020
CWax Rating 70%

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THE BLINDERS - Fantasies Of A Stay At Home Psychopath

musicOMH - July 2020
CWax Rating 60%

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CABBAGE - Amanita Pantherina

musicOMH - September 2020
CWax Rating 70%

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CAR SEAT HEADREST - Making A Door Less Open

Stereoboard - May 2020
CWax Rating 70%

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COURTEENERS - More. Again. Forever.

Stereoboard - January 2020
CWax Rating 60%
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THE DISTRICTS - You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere

Stereoboard - March 2020
CWax Rating 60%

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DMA's - The Glow

musicOMH - July 2020
CWax Rating 70%

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DOVES - The Universal Want

Stereoboard - September 2020
CWax Rating 80%

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THE ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE - Stages

musicOMH - January 2020
CWax Rating 70%

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ERASURE - The Neon

musicOMH - August 2020
CWax Rating 70%

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THE FLAMING LIPS - American Head

musicOMH - September 2020
CWax Rating 70%
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FUTURE ISLANDS - As Long As You Are

Stereoboard - October 2020
CWax Rating 80%

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I LIKE TRAINS - Kompromat

Stereoboard - August 2020
CWax Rating 100%

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INTO IT. OVER IT. - Figure

musicOMH - September 2020
CWax Rating 60%

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KIWI JR - Football Money

musicOMH - January 2020
CWax Rating 70%

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LEVELLERS - Peace

musicOMH - August 2020
CWax Rating 60%

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ALEX MAAS - Luca

Stereoboard - December 2020
CWax Rating 60%

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MODERN NATURE - Annual

musicOMH - June 2020
CWax Rating 50%

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MUZZ - Muzz

Stereoboard - June 2020
CWax Rating 70%

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NADA SURF - Never Not Together

Stereoboard - February 2020
CWax Rating 70%

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THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Made Of Rain

Stereoboard - July 2020
CWax Rating 60%

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PSYCHIC MARKERS - Psychic Markers

musicOMH - May 2020
CWax Rating 60%

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ROSE CITY BAND - Summerlong

Stereoboard - May 2020
CWax Rating 70%

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NADINE SHAH - Kitchen Sink

Stereoboard - June 2020
CWax Rating 80%
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SILVERBACKS - Fad

musicOMH - July 2020
CWax Rating 70%

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SLOW PULP - Moveys

musicOMH - October 2020
CWax Rating 70%
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THE SLOW READERS CLUB - The Joy Of The Return

Stereoboard - March 2020
CWax Rating 70%

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THE STROKES - The New Abnormal

Stereoboard - April 2020
CWax Rating 70%

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TAME IMPALA - The Slow Rush

Stereoboard - February 2020
CWax Rating 60%

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TWIN ATLANTIC - Power

Stereoboard - January 2020
CWax Rating 50%
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THE VACANT LOTS - Interzone

musicOMH - June 2020
CWax Rating 80%

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THE WATERBOYS - Good Luck, Seeker

musicOMH - August 2020
CWax Rating 80%

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WIDOWSPEAK - Plum

musicOMH - August 2020
CWax Rating 60%

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