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Entertainment Weekly

Hookily retro, Kinks-style Britpop. [11 Mar 2005, p.105]

Billboard

We haven't heard such a melodic Swedish act since ABBA.

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Austin Chronicle

Trading mic volleys and Velcro riffs on their second LP the quartet's frontmen lead perfect group harmonies ("White Wall") with the sweet/sour yin/yang of every great lead tandem since John & Paul.

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Paste Magazine

Mando Diao has one-upped classmates The Hives and Sahara Hotnights with its superior songwriting and musical depth. [#14, p.109]

Prefix Magazine

Hurricane Bar sees the group amp up the hand-clapping choruses and delivers a leaner collection that recalls everything from the Animals and the Small Faces to Hanoi Rocks and the Libertines.

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All Music Guide

[A] knack for re-creating the already re-created sounds of their peers keeps rearing up on Hurricane Bar, and it docks the album points in the genuineness department.

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Pitchfork

Hurricane Bar has diluted the two things that made Mando Diao's first album distinct: immediacy and a sense of fun.

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Rolling Stone

These Swedes are as retro as most of their countrymen, and they have even less to say.

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Stylus Magazine

Hurricane Bar is totally contrived: too much “That Thing You Do” and not enough shot-from-below-the-hip bacchanalia to keep the fire stoked.

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Q Magazine

Despite some evidence of talent, though, it's mostly just musical gatecrashing. [Apr 2005, p.123]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 8.8 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes

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saki g gave it a10:
will keep going to live up to the promised that the libertines failed to deliver

Gianluca M gave it a10:
bello, veramente bello...

Karina P gave it a10:
I LOVE this album!

sarah c gave it a10:
I think that it is a great album. Every song is so catchy!

tim burton gave it a10:
music for kingdom and glory, retro rock with new blood and power

elina n gave it a10:
THE BEST CD I KNOW! :D

jim n gave it an8:
While it may not be revelatory, this album has a great number of songs that will entertain and excite. The album, which some my unfairly categorize as "garage rock", actually has a lot more soul, skill, and force then most of those rock n roll band currently making music.

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