Editing Democrazy (section)

==Critical reception==
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| MC = 45/100<ref name="mc">{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/democrazy/damon-albarn/critic-reviews | title=Damon Albarn – Democrazy | publisher=[[Metacritic]] | accessdate=22 February 2015}}</ref>
| rev1=''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="guardian">{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/dec/05/popandrock.shopping4 | title=Damon Albarn – Demcorazy | work=The Guardian | date=5 December 2003 | accessdate=22 February 2015 | author=Petridis, Alexis}}</ref>
| rev2=''[[NME]]''
| rev2score =2/10<ref name="nme">{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/7240 | title=Albarn, Damon : Democrazy | work=[[NME]] | date=12 September 2005 | accessdate=22 February 2015 | author=Beaumont, Mark}}</ref>
| rev3=''[[Pitchfork Media]]''
| rev3score = 3.2/10<ref name="p4k">Gilchrist, Jedediah. [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/99-democrazy/ Damon Albarn – Democrazy review] [[Pitchfork Media]]. 2 March 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2011.</ref>
| rev4=''[[Stylus Magazine]]''
| rev4score = F<ref name="stylus">{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/damon-albarn/democrazy.htm |title=Damon Albarn – Democrazy |publisher=[[Stylus Magazine]] |date=10 December 2003 |accessdate=22 February 2015 |author=McKeating, Scott |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120636/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/damon-albarn/democrazy.htm |archivedate=4 March 2016 }}</ref>
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The EP received mixed-to-negative reviews from music critics. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 45, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 9 reviews.<ref name="mc"/> Alexis Petridis of ''[[The Guardian]]'' described the album as "occasionally brilliant and frequently irritating beyond belief" and wrote: "It is packed with interesting ideas, but is founded in an appalling self-importance."<ref name="guardian"/> Mark Beaumont of ''[[NME]]'' panned the album, describing it as "the half conceived, cottonmouthed rubbish."<ref name="nme"/> [[Pitchfork Media]] critic Jedediah Gilchrist stated: "He's already recorded such a wealth of great material that no mystique remains, leaving no real reason for anyone—including the most dedicated fan—to seek out these poorly produced musical shreds."<ref name="p4k"/> Scott of ''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' wrote: "Serving as nothing more than a temporary diversion or side note to his fully realised work, this is worth a cursory listen for the insight alone."<ref name="stylus"/>