Far (2009) Album Review

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Music critics combined give Far a score of 2.8857 out of 4
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Spin
After opening with ivory wisps of the sex Pistols' "God Save the Queen," she quickly guns it back to the islands, unfurling a balmy new melody like a beach towel. Just in time for summer.
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Rolling Stone
Spektor is a woman who doesn't need much excuse to have an emotional Chernobyl (in one song, it's finding a wallet with a Blockbuster card in it). But she's also the rare screwball who gets more universal as she gets weirder.
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Culture Bully
She makes challenging music feel easy, and gives easy music an edge and an intelligence that makes it infinitely more rewarding for the active listener.
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Sputnikmusic
The only bad thing about Far is that it took too long to make.
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musicOMH
Far is her best album yet, and while it's a long way from early works such as Soviet Kitsch or 11:11, it perfectly illustrates the evolution of a woman who's becoming a truly great artist.
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Drowned In Sound
Far is a bright and gratifying listen; one that doesn’t aim at ideas above its station or flounder in search of unity.
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PrefixMag
Spektor has swerved off course into a world of quirky melodic creation and outstanding vocal range and experimentation.
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Los Angeles Times
Her approach seems guileless and folk-artsy at first, but behind her odd vocal effects is the desire to break through the bonds of any one language, as her magic-realist lyrics seek to comprehend the human condition of not fitting in.
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The Guardian
She's always interesting; for all the nonsense, Spektor is a writer with something to say.
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Dot Music
Frankly it makes our blood run cold with images of Sunday supplement purgatory.
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Far is ranked overall as 2.7713 out of 4 stars
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Far is ranked overall as 2.8857 out of 4 stars

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