Pinch & Shackleton | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | November 2011 |
Genre | Dubstep, techno |
Label | Honest Jon's |
Pinch & Shackleton is a 2011 album by Pinch and Shackleton.
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 84/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
The Phoenix | [2] |
Pitchfork Media | [3] |
Resident Advisor | [4] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Pinch & Shackleton received an average score of 84, based on 7 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [1]
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