50 Best Albums of 2011: TV on the Radio, 'Nine Types of Light'

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TV on the Radio, 'Nine Types of Light'

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The album Prince might make if he were a Brooklyn resident battling a broken heart. The most approachable set yet by these art-funkers finds sweetness amid emotional wreckage, with Dave Sitek's spangled production wrapping around the soulful vocal team of Kyp Malone and Tunde Adebimpe like Christmas garland.