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Howard Whitman at Technology Tell gives the album a thumbs up. He gives us


a track by track break down of the album and concludes (correctly in my view) that "the hits far outweigh the misses."

Sam Moore at Drowned in Sound gives the album six out of ten in a review that says " it’s a credit to Rundgren that he can still make this 20-something listener sit up and take notice" and concludes  "Global isn’t a bad album – it’s just the product of a gifted artist who’s remaining true to the now-dispended-with culture of being able to make a record out of every creative idea he has." 

Lee Zimmerman at Blurt gives the album a three star (out of five) rating and calls it "a welcome return."

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