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Album Of The Year - The Good Life
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82 out of 100

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9.7 out of 10

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  • Summary: The Good Life is a side project for Cursive's Tim Kasher, and this third full-length release (following the 'Lovers Need Lawyers' EP) finds him joined by Stefanie Drootin, Ryan Fox and Roger Lewis.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Alternative Press
    100
    Like most good thematic albums, or films or books, for that matter, it's hard to put the pieces together on Album Of The Year, and just when you think you've got the narrative unraveled, you'll rediscover another lost passage or double entendre. [Sep 2004, p.122]
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  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    90
    Album of the year? It's definitely a contender. [7 Aug 2004, p.49]
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  3. Under The Radar
    60
    Album Of The Year is able to sustain a listener for 53 minutes--not necessarily interest, and certainly not to inspire, but sustain. [#7]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. CocoE
    10
    I love the good life and this album is awsome!
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  2. bianca
    10
    i fucking love it. they're music is the kind that you will listen to over and over and over and you still get anxious for that one part of the song. fuck i love them.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. davenbettridge
    10
    My favourite songs on the album are: 1) Inmates 2) Night and Day 3) Album of the Year 4) Under a Honeymoon. There are some very memorable songs found in this album and they all fit together very well with an over arcing story that I relate to. The lyrics are so good and while there are no happy endings to this story the whole album feels romantic in a sense of longing and desire for things to have happened differently. Album of the Year is an awesome album with a deep meaningful story. Ill remember these songs for the rest of my life.… Expand
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