Scritti Politti live in concert.
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Scritti Politti

9
critic concert reviews
electronic

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

83
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9
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LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Scritti Politti is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 9 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Scritti Politti is rated as a superb live performer, with impressive shows overall. Scritti Politti concert reviews describe live shows and performances as eclectic and amazing.

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Cupid & Psyche 85 (2022 Remaster) (March 25, 2022)

artist info

GENRE
electronic
ORIGIN
Leeds, United Kingdom (1978 - present)
BIO
Scritti Politti is a musical group that was formed in 1977 in Leeds, England, being primarily a vehicle for singer-songwriter Green Gartside (born Paul Julian Strohmeyer on 22 June 1956, Cardiff, Wales).
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CRITIC concert REVIEWS

God Is In The TV Zine (UK)

September 29, 2021
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St.Luke's, Glasgow, Scotland

Wales Online (UK)

June 10, 2016
100
%
Tony Woolway was at the Festival of Voice's Scritti Politti homecoming show

The Guardian (UK)

February 7, 2016
80
%
From freshly minted synthpop to punky B-sides from the 70s, Green Gartside celebrates his band’s eclectic repertoire in a gleefully ramshackle show

Record Collector Magazine (UK)

November 18, 2013
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The audience gave a warm reception to Scritti, who played an amazing set covering early material, such as Sweetest Girl, the lush mid-80s hits Wood Beez, Word Girl and Absolute, to more recent tracks including Boom Boom Bap and Petrococadollar.

The Independent (UK)

April 25, 2012
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Gartside, the musician who is Scritti Politti, wastefully shunned performance for a whopping 26 years, all through his most productive and high-profile years – namely the 1980s.

SoundsXP (UK)

August 15, 2006
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London Tate Britain, London, UK

The Skinny (UK)

August 14, 2006
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a vocal routine which invariably sounds like Cat Stevens and Brian Wilson auditioning for the school choir

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eGigs (UK)

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