The Cherry Thing

Neneh Cherry & The Thing - The Cherry Thing
Critic Score
Based on 18 reviews
User Score
Based on 24 ratings
Liked by 1 person
June 19, 2012 / Release Date
Compilation / Format
Jazz / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
PopMatters

The Cherry Thing is a marvellous album. This is not some sort of vanity project or nostalgia trip. 

80
The 405

It's just fantastically accessible, tightly constructed (as far as improvisational music can be), and smart.

80
FACT Magazine

Cherry’s quarter-decade career has been characterised by her effortless application of unparalleled pop instincts to every genre she’s dabbled in, and this remains the case here. 

80
Pitchfork

It's a remarkably well-defined, cohesive, and above all things inviting listen, and at eight tracks it feels neither slight nor needlessly sprawling. 

80
No Ripcord

It might be too pop for The Thing’s fans and too disruptive for Cherry’s, but the phenomenal performances from Cherry and Gustafsson simply blast away any genre preconceptions

80
NME

That’s essentially the mode of attack of ‘The Cherry Thing’ ... lure you in with slink, then bend your mind with skronk.

60
Drowned in Sound

Neither Neneh Cherry nor The Thing are well served by the self imposed shackles within a lot of these tracks, perhaps intended to provide security while building new musical relationships. 

30
Under the Radar

It's a tough listen, shrill and disjointed.

tha138
77

The missing link between Neneh Cherry and The Thing is the producer Conny Lindstrom who suggested this collaboration, a risky but not unexpected collaboration that reaches the thorny limits of a brutal beauty.

TheCarioca
62

Cashback - 4/5
Dream Baby Dream - 3/5
Too Tough To Die - 3/5
Sudden Moment - 3/5
Accordion - 3/5
Golden Heart - 3/5
Dirt - 3/5
What Reason Could I Give - 3/5

staroduw
80

Neneh Cherry & The Thing
The Cherry Thing
https://nenehcherry.bandcamp.com/album/the-cherry-thing

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Track List

  1. Cashback 
  2. Dream Baby Dream 
  3. Too Tough To Die 
  4. Sudden Moment 
  5. Accordion 
  6. Golden Heart 
  7. Dirt 
  8. What Reason Could I Give

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#41/Crack Magazine
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Added on: June 19, 2012