Sixty this month, Hitchcock has abandoned the toy town imagery of his ever maturing acid-pop for personal tones, though pterodactyls still stalk the dark skies of Harry’s Song.
He remains possessed of an effortlessly psychedelic voice, somewhere between John Lennon, a Cambridge don and a woodland shaman, proceeding directly from his septum to your cerebellum.
The apparently immortal cult figure’s reliably gem-sprinkled 24th album thankfully fails to address his significant birthday, other than the closing End Of Time, a lazily uncoiling ballad bolstered by big beats and a mantric coda.
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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John Robins, Comedian
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Chez, Chortle.com
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum