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Let's Get Out Of This Country
by Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 77 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.7 out of 10
based on 22 reviews
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The six-piece Glaswegian indie-pop band really did leave the country, recording this third full-length with producer Jari Haapalainen (The Concretes) in Sweden.

LABEL: Merge
RELEASE DATE: 06 June 2006
DISCS: 1 disc
GENRE(S): Indie, Rock

What The Critics Said

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90
All Music Guide
You might not find heartache as enchanting as this anywhere else.
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90
Slant Magazine
While the songs are undeniably beautiful and even fun, the music provides a vital balance to the album's substantial thematic heft, and it's that combination that makes Let's Get Out Of This Country one of the year's best pop albums.
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90
Under The Radar
A gorgeous pop album, to say the least. [#14]
90
Neumu.net
While their sound may be familiar, Camera Obscura are anything but run-of-the-mill.
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88
Filter
Pure and unabashed pop bliss. [#21, p.102]
83
The Onion (A.V. Club)
And the award for most-improved artist of 2006 goes to… Camera Obscura.
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82
cokemachineglow
This is more than a diary set to music; it’s an interactive map. It is a scrapbook of love gone wrong, including ripped photos, amateur pencil sketches, tear-stained poems, and ticket stubs.
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80
Mojo
Thanks to the vision of singer/songwriter Traceyanne Campbell, this is a killer record, rather than just a pretty one.[Jul 2006, p.102]
80
Playlouder
Yes, 'Let's Get Out Of This Country' is a ludicrously fey, coy, twee and light record that could very feasibly be knocked out by an injured butterfly, it's that gentle. But it's also a gorgeously produced, beautifully romantic and ultimately uplifting record.
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80
Uncut
With [Belle & Sebastian] now seemingly lost to soft-pop pastichery, CO have come out of their shadow and flourished. [Jul 2006, p.84]
78
Austin Chronicle
Deeply romantic and just as melancholy.
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78
Pitchfork
Though they haven't changed much in the span of three terrific albums, Camera Obscura no longer recall Belle & Sebastian; they only sound like themselves.
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70
PopMatters
The collection of ten songs on this album are mostly solid, with some real pearlers and a few that pass you by--but the band is so easy to listen to that you don’t need to be an established fan.
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70
musicOMH.com
Let's Get Out Of This Country delivers ten perfect pop tunes.
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70
Prefix Magazine
An album full of majestic pop tunes in their absolute truest form.
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70
Paste Magazine
The band's finest yeat, with 10 succinct tunes that artfully blend the musical signifiers of the '60s with clever songwriting. [Aug 2006, p.87]
70
Spin
Baroque but not self-indulgent. [Jul 2006, p.83]
60
New Musical Express
If 'Let's Get Out Of This Country' was a person, you would want to hug it until its big doe-eyes popped out. [10 Jun 2006, p.41]
60
Q Magazine
At times the '60s girl-group feel can prove grating, but there's enough here to suggest a future beyond the indie ghetto. [Jul 2006, p.112]
60
The Guardian
Campbell's voice is a gorgeously mellifluous one, aching at the heart of Country Mile, but sweetness gets monotonous, and the album could do with more jolts of bitter energy, like Lloyd and If Looks Could Kill, to liven it up.
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50
Stylus Magazine
Tracyanne Campbell has a glassy, gorgeous voice, but it’s also a curiously inexpressive one. When she’s left to carry less than strong songs alone, they suffer as a result.
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40
Dusted Magazine
Yet for all its surface appeal, the record has a curiously soulless quality, a lack of vulnerability and humanity that undercuts most of its songs.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this album is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 19 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Darnell gave it a9:
Tops! This album has been in heavy rotation for almost a year now. That says a lot! Sweet, sad, longing. Great.

gstar gave it a9:
Extremely enjoyable, easy listening that somehow sounds unique. I love it!

[Anonymous] gave it a10:
No Mike Pavement made their career by riding the coattails of Pixies and Sonic Youth. Only their music was so watered down that it lacked emotion and depth all together. Cut Your Hair makes me want to cut my throat. If you love this album get Underachievers and you'll realize that Camera Obscura is the greatest band on the planet.

adri c gave it a9:
They've made some really lovely songs for this album. I've been listening to this one for a while now and I just love it!

Sebastian N gave it a9:
A marvelous album, that's all I need to say.

luis v gave it a10:
if liked the Cat Power, Belle & Sebastian last albums in addition you like Pulp you must have it'

Chris R gave it a9:
One of the year's best releases. This album is a timeless beauty and imprints infectious melody and melancholy into your soul. Driving with this music through some of Colorado's most spectacular mountainous landscapes is an ethereal experience.

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