Barking: The Reviews
 

Edit: to try and make the first post useful I'll keep it updated with all the links posted.

The Metacritic review summary

Web/Blog Reviews

• InTheMix
• TheArtsDesk
• AllMusic
• BBC Music
• Pop Culture Beast
• The Untz
• RecordCollector (4 / 5)
• Spin Magazine (7 / 10)
• Drowned in Sound (6 / 10)
• Pitchfork (5.9 / 10)
• Urb (4 / 5)
• Cokemachineglow (76%)
• MusicOMH (3 / 5)
• Filter Magazine (83%)

Press Reviews

• Uncut Magazine (4 / 5)
• News of the world
• DJ Mag (6 / 10)
• Telemoustique (2 / 4)

Barking: The Reviews
 

Let's put links to professional reviews in here. But individual fan reviews are welcome in here too.

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There is a review in the latest issue of Uncut Magazine...

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http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php...p-12&Itemid=29

New link: https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/ne...c-cds-round-12

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I can't confirm this minute, but the September issue of Spin magazine looks to have a review of Barking. I checked the website and only that Underworld photo diary thing comes up. But some magazines don't post stuff from the paper copy right away so people will still buy the mag.

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more reviews:

http://www.recordcollectormag.com/re...ew-detail/6136
http://www.spinmagazine.com/reviews/...ooking-vinylom

New link: https://www.spin.com/2010/08/underwo...oking-vinylom/

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A small review in Q magazine gives Barking 3/5.
All positive comments, with ALAF mentioned as the standout dance anthem.

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another review, from the BBC this time:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fhd3

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one of the best and most honest reviews of an album i've seen....

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NME gave it 5/10 but whoever lisented to it couldn't have been that arsed getting things right seeing "Moon In Water" was printed as "Move In Water".

Short article listing Bird 1 and ALAF as highlights, Diamond Jigsaw compared to a Doves festival anthem which to me ain't so bad.

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http://drownedinsound.com/releases/1...4140993?ticker

This article gave 6/10 but had a real dig at the 'pop' sound of the album.

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Now that was an honest review.

allmusic.com chimes in. . .
 

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Resident Advisor - http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=7902

They give it 4/5
Great quote - "As always, Underworld make perfect music for travelling—if you're somewhere you can't dance, you should at least be in a car or train or bus, anything moving forward and fast."

Some of the comments on the review are quite funny:
"I'm a huge fan of Underworld, but I'm so disappointed... Hamburg hotel is OK, but it doesn't have this feeling I used to love, this underworld atmosphere... And listening to tracks like 'between stars' feels just like being in a nightmare where Underworld makes crappy eurodance. And you can't wake up."

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reviewed in Playlist - the saturday version of the Times, entertainment magazine (will transcribe when i get the chance)

best review yet they gave it 5/5 and said...

If you like this album you will also like: New Order - Technique / Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman

made me lol, as these are my two fav albums of all time...

and i think i've said elsewhere that this is the best album since dubno, and i think i mentioned somewhere else that this was akin to being Underworld's 'Technique'.

i didn't write the review - but the reviewer is coming from the same place i am - made me happy :)

rock on.. Heaven! Heaven!....

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doesn't like 75% of this board feel that way?

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not sure? thought there was a big moby / chems following... not sure everyone is New Order made as me and BLD

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lol moby following.

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You're not alone on this one, Matt ;)

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i was thinking about the same... :rolleyes:

and it seems i'm also jumping into the new order fan pile.

EDIT: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...CD-review.html

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http://www.cokemachineglow.com/recor...d-barking-2010

A pretty entertaining review, though I don't know whether I agree very much...

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http://www.popculturebeast.com/2010/...d-barking.html

A review I did for my friend's site. I do not claim to be a writer, so be gentle! :o

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news of the world said:

Underworld - Barking ****
THE rave veterans go in for slick, minimal beats these days - but urgent vocals mean they're still barking mad for it.

A lesson in how to grow old gracefully on the dancefloor, it's smart, funky and dog-gone brilliant.

going to fly a kite, laters ;)

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more reviews:

http://www.musicomh.com/albums/underworld-4_0910.htm

http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/...try/underworld

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http://www.theuntz.com/Underworld-Barking

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that 'marking their territory' dog reference was funny :p

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djmag 6/10:

http://www.effingood.com/underworld/barking-djmag.JPG

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i agree 100% with the final sentence there.

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haha i like this part

some good points in that review, although his bit about 'scribble' is a mess. i remember the 'barking' mix being the only good edit to a song too

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From Telemoustique (belgian magazine, in french, 8th sept.): 2 stars out of 4

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2...gintmzoom1.jpg

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8...gintmzoom2.jpg

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that didnt seem particularly negative....

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Well... after reading it, it should be more 3 out of 4, if not 4. The note is not reflecting what they're writing.

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I have reviews from The Independent on Friday and from this months The Word. I'll try to get them scanned in. Grace is also on the CD on the front of The Word mag.
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/now-hear

6. Underworld - Grace
Few acts from the 1988 dance explosion managed to turn their craft into such affecting, grown-up music as Underworld did. But how did it take these Essex boys so long to call an album Barking?
From the album Barking

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Pitchfork seem to be describing an entirely different album:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14655-barking/

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URB
http://www.urb.com/2010/09/20/underworld-barking/

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I'm trying to read the review objectively, but it reads like a pretty crap review. A lot of bullshit statements and inconsistencies.

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My favourite part is the description of Scribble. " It features the same rush-rush-rush drum programming of heyday Underworld".
Errr

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totally agree...

I have never read a review that I couldn't follow from beginning to the end. I kept having to go back and re-read sentences and be like "wait... what did he just say"

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Welcome to Pitchfork...

All it gripes about is that Underworld are old, their 90's albums were so good, and that Louisiana wasn't powerful enough (???) I don't think the song was supposed to be sung with "real strength"...it's not a power ballad! What an awful review...he didn't really have anything bad to say about the other tracks, in fact it seemed like he did like the album quite a bit. In the old days Pitchfork actually used to make me mad, now I'm just confused, don't they have like, an editor??

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Lol, Pitchfork.