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Through The Windowpane
by Guillemots


8.7

based on 16 reviews
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This full-length debut for the UK-based indie-pop band led by Fyfe Dangerfield includes the previously-released single "Trains To Brazil."

LABEL:	Polydor
RELEASE DATE:	10 July 2006
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Indie, Pop, Rock

NOTES: Currently available as an import only in the U.S.

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

Stylus Magazine

Guillemots are constructing their own universe and inviting interested parties to join them within it. I can’t remember the last time a band did that so effectively and so invitingly.

100

musicOMH.com

There isn't a duff track to be seen, and you get the feeling the whole thing's been meticulously planned and orchestrated, with a mindset of giving us a record to cherish, something to put on when the chips are down, and that rare thing, one that will almost certainly be loved in equal measure many years down the line.

Drowned In Sound

Through the Windowpane maximizes and intensifies every moment, every muttered word and every touch of emotion.

Pitchfork

Through the Windowpane is at times a last-dance hallelujah, at other times an open wound, but it's never meager, and hardly ever mundane.

New Musical Express

Positively overflowing with magnificent oddities. [1 Jul 2006, p.36]

PopMatters

A record of dazzling invention and scope.

Observer Music Monthly

Here lie gorgeous tunes that are lithe enough to cope with the little bursts of sonic madness that flit around like overproduced Eighties butterflies.

Q Magazine

Like Coldplay rummaging through a charity shop, it's a patchwork of moods and styles all stitched together by Dangerfield's heart-on-sleeve exhortations. [Aug 2006, p.113]

Uncut

Sergio Mendes meets Sparks then plunders Charles Mingus? Could be. [Aug 2006, p.95]

Mojo

A messy, eccentric triumph. [Aug 2006, p.98]

ShakingThrough.net

At its best... the band more than justifies the hype.

BBC collective

Not all of Dangerfield's maverick ideas work - he should steer clear of under-accompanied singing for a start - but when they do take off, Guillemots really soar.

Dot Music

With their grand orchestrations, love of idiosyncratic detail and self-consciously old-school dynamics, Guillemots sound refreshingly out of temper with the times.

cokemachineglow

Instead of just latching on to the sonic palette of The Beta Band (a group they seem intent on emulating), they could embrace the Beta mindset: the creativity, playfulness, and refusal to ever bore the audience that made that band so frustratingly brilliant.

All Music Guide

There's still a kind of inconsistency in the development of Through the Windowpane, an inconsistency that can't quite work itself out in sweeping strings and vaguely dissonant chords, and unfortunately, this diminishes the power of what the album really could be.

The Guardian

A debut that, frustratingly, juggles promise and excess.

The average user rating for this album is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 37 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Aidan K. gave it a9:
I love this record, its just an absolute joy from beginning to end.

Bob W. gave it a10:
I love this album, having owned it for ages but only recently listened to it properly I can't leave it alone now.

alfonso z. gave it a10:
I discover guillemots in a friend collection, before that I've never heard about them. when i listen the entire album it was pure magic, its fully emotional, intense and creative.. so far the best album of the year.

Steve H gave it a9:
Saw them live last night with CBSO (11/10/2007), unusually I found their live performance even better than their recorded work. Absolutely incredible. I was in awe.

Texas gave it a10:
An awesome album. Drove 90 miles to see them live on the strength of final track Sao Paulo and was not disappointed. Live they are even better. If you only buy one album this year, get this one as well. [Got to play percussion on Sao Paulo at the Brixton Academy gig too]

Joe H gave it a7:
Good album, with 3 or 4 excellent tracks. The album sounds better than their live performance!

Nasty R gave it a10:
A Masterpiece. Romantic, lush and full of life. Steve N is deaf. Fyfe is a great singer, but your poor ears avoid the truth.

Through The Windowpane by Guillemots

Through The Windowpane
by Guillemots