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Critics' Tally: 33 Points Each
Billboard's writers couldn't get enough of these three releases. Wayne Robins called rapper M.I.A.'s latest, "exuberant and on message." Spoon's record, says Billboard.com contributor Michael D. Ayers, is "soulful." And Billboard.com contributor Ron Hart calls "Sky Blue Sky" Wilco's "warmest album since "Summerteeth." Read the Critics' Lists
BILLBOARD REVIEWS:
M.I.A.: Even more so than her arresting 2005 indie debut, "Arular," M.I.A. comes off as a globetrotting activist on sophomore effort "Kala," draping myriad Third World sounds over club-happy beats.
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SPOON: The baby-talk title here is actually indicative of what propels each song: rhythm and repetition. Spoon has always applied choppy cadences to its guitar- and piano-driven pop songs, punctuated by hand claps, shakers, tambourine and, this time around, a horn section.
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WILCO: One can hear traces of the Beatles' "Something" on opener "Either Way," while the rest of the album stews together the Band, Pink Floyd circa "Meddle" and the Allman Brothers.
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