The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
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The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows is the second solo studio album by British musician Damon Albarn, best known as the frontman of Blur and Gorillaz. It was released on 12 November 2021, by Transgressive Records. The album's title is derived from the poem "Love and Memory" by John Clare. It is Albarn's first solo album since 2014's Everyday Robots. It was originally planned as an…

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Released
November 12th, 2021
Type
Album
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Transgressive Records

Professional reviews

Source Rating
AllMusic (Stephen Thomas Erlewine)
4/5 stars
The Daily Telegraph (Neil McCormick – 11 November 2021)
4/5 stars
Financial Times (Ludovic Hunter-Tilney – 11 November 2021)
2/5 stars
The Guardian (Alexis Petridis – 11 November 2021)
4/5 stars
The Independent (Roisin O'Connor – 11 November 2021)
3/5 stars
The Irish Times (Siobhán Kane – 12 November 2021)
5/5 stars
NME (Andrew Trendell – 11 November 2021)
4/5 stars
Pitchfork (Megan Buerger – 23 December 2021)7.3/10
The Times (Will Hodgkinson – 12 November 2021)
3/5 stars
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Last updated: June 22nd, 2021

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