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is steeped in distortion and cynical takes on love and loneliness."
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933:"NakedSelf Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic"
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after it was deemed by Sony as lacking in commercial value.
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555:"The Whisperers" (Matt Johnson, Eric Schermerhorn) - 3:20
570:"Diesel Breeze" (Matt Johnson, Eric Schermerhorn) - 2:52
445:(1995) and the first containing original material since
439:. Released in 2000, it was the band's first album since
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561:"Global Eyes" (Matt Johnson) - 4:10
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898:Jenkins, Mark (27 February 2000).
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913:Bond, Jonathan (18 May 2000).
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900:"'Machina': Working Overtime"
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211:Professional ratings
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915:"Uncertain Smile"
887:on 7 August 2017.
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1241:2000 albums
1143:Hanky Panky
1115:Soul Mining
1086:Earl Harvin
1076:Johnny Marr
823:"Must Hear"
789:12 February
775:"NakedSelf"
611:Earl Harvin
481:Johnny Marr
479:(replacing
477:Hanky Panky
442:Hanky Panky
1235:Categories
1156:Ensoulment
1056:Keith Laws
669:References
653:Lloyd Cole
633:(track 12)
624:(track 10)
501:Metacritic
463:Production
457:Ensoulment
139:chronology
112:/Universal
1150:NakedSelf
1129:Mind Bomb
995:NZ Herald
761:Pitchfork
663:(track 5)
657:(track 5)
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642:(track 5)
587:Personnel
524:NakedSelf
506:Pitchfork
485:NakedSelf
432:NakedSelf
381:Pitchfork
157:NakedSelf
149:Gun Sluts
24:NakedSelf
1173:Solitude
1122:Infected
881:MTV News
809:AllMusic
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622:– drums
613:– drums
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487:through
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118:Producer
59:Recorded
51:Released
41: by
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1036:The The
939:3 March
437:The The
170:(2002)
161:(2000)
152:(1997)
137:The The
110:Nothing
44:The The
386:7.1/10
224:Rating
221:Source
88:Length
863:Uncut
105:Label
68:Genre
1136:Dusk
941:2012
791:2021
725:Mojo
448:Dusk
305:Mojo
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