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    Circles is the finest musical send-off any Mac Miller fan could have asked for. 
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    The times when King’s Mouth sounds like classic Flaming Lips partly make up for the album’s spotty narrative development and pacing. 
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    The demos that comprise Originals blow most artists’ finished studio work out of the water. 
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    While more worthwhile than Foals’ last few albums, this first half of Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost doesn’t arouse too much excitement for Part 2. 
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    Harverd Dropout sounds more refined and slicker than its self-titled predecessor, but is all the worse for it. 
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    Muse’s foray into ’80s retro-futurism, while at times uninspired and gaudy even by the band’s standards, has resulted in their most palatable album this decade. 
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    On Swimming, Mac Miller continues to work outside of his strengths without improving at all upon the obvious weaknesses of his previous album. 
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    Despite being a stylistically mixed bag, Kimbra’s latest album features some of the best art pop you’ll hear this year. 
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    Liam Gallagher returns with a new solo record that brings back the thrill of 90s Britpop. 
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    One More Light is a complete and utter betrayal of everything that made Linkin Park even remotely appealing to begin with. 
 
                    