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100
This album takes their widescreen later identity onwards and outwards.
3y
80
βHow To Replace Itβ finds dEUS facing up to their past and refusing to be hemmed in by it. At times daring, at others direct, this feels like the work of a band with nothing to prove.
3y
80
They've mastered the marriage of swagger and sensitivity, guts and grace.
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3y
70
At 55 minutes, it’s arguably too long, and some of the less memorable tracks could probably be filed away without taking too much away from the album. Yet only dEUS could end an album with Le Blues Polaire, a six minute song sung entirely in French that switches from dirty, grimy guitar rock to hypnotic drone several times.
3y
70
How To Replace It doesn't quite scale those heights, but it finds the returning to the fray with particularly eloquent poise.
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3y
60
The long-running Belgian rock outfit dEUSβ first LP in 11 years is a mixed bag, but it shows that they havenβt lost their experimental verve.
3y
60
Maybe How to Replace It is a tentative return to recording and the baby steps will be replaced by giant strides. Let’s hope that they both find their feet and their edge again soon.
3y
i just realized my music teacher used the second song as one of the questions on an exam just a few weeks ago lol, i did not know it was deus
It's got some great moments, but I personally just didn't find it that interesting.
It kinda gets boring after halfway, and some songs are a bit too long for what they deliver. But still decent nonetheless.
Mr. Barman your voice is deteriorating by the year, you don't sound half as good as on the last record, quit smoking π. I mean it's pretty soulless like most people have agreed on here, but other than that I have listened to it quite a bit when it came out. Super forgettable tho and making it span 55 long minutes doesn't particularly help in this case.
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Track List
| 1 | How To Replace It 5:30 | 84 |
| 2 | Must Have Been New 3:46 | 82 |
| 3 | Man of the House 5:12 | 82 |
| 4 | 1989 5:05 | 86 |
| 5 | Faux Bamboo 4:27 | 80 |
| 6 | Dream Is a Giver 4:34 | 78 |
| 7 | Pirates 4:42 | 80 |
| 8 | Simple Pleasures 3:32 | 74 |
| 9 | Never Get You High 3:36 | 73 |
| 10 | Why Think It Over (Cadillac) 5:07 | 75 |
| 11 | Love Breaks Down 3:42 | 75 |
| 12 | Le Blues Polaire 6:36 | 59 |
Total Length: 55 minutes
