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Arular

by M.i.a.

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All Time

of 455,319

340
2000's

of 265,611

17
2005

of 37,902

3

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 3.5378 Arular is ranked overall as 3.5378 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.3948 Arular has an avg. critic score of 3.3948 out of 4 stars

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It’s a swaggering, spitting, utterly contemporary album of politically dissident, sexually forthright Anglo-Sri Lankan dubstep bhangra hip-pop IDM in which M.I.A. stars as protagonist, antagonist, chanteuse, MC, exotic schoolgirl tease, graphic artist, chastiser of the immoral, and fun-loving London-living party girl. ...more

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Entertainment Weekly

As instantly infectious as it is hard to pin down

Rolling Stone

Weird, playful, unclassifiable, sexy, brilliantly addictive. ...more

PopMatters

It's an accessible album, but one containing challenging contrasts. ...more

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Spin

Will likely be the best political album this...read the complete review at Spin

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Pitchfork

With all the column inches and message board posts arguing about whether M.I.A. is an opportunist or a clever contextualist, genuine or a fraud, full of good intentions or no specific intentions at all, the closest thing to a truism about Arular is that...read the complete review at Pitchfork

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Q Magazine

M.I.A.'s style mag-cool pop-rap doesn't have the substance to carry the dark subtext of the...read the complete review at Q Magazine

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Things have moved on since the Mercury Prize winnerMs Dynamitetook the black urban queen trinkets some years ago, seemingly promising everything but delivering nothing since. Enter into the ring MIA, aka Mathangi 'Maya' Arulpragasam, a Sri Lankan...read the complete review at musicOMH.com

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