Monaco
by Monaco
The second full-length from the Peter Hook-led band features a Bernard Sumner-esque lead vocalist and a sound that could be mistaken for New Order in places.
| LABEL: |
Papillion |
| RELEASE DATE: |
21 August 2000 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Alternative, Rock |
NOTES: Available as an import only in the U.S.
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80
All Music Guide
One of the best New Order albums they never made.
80
New Musical Express
A truly lovely thing to behold; a pretence-free, summery shimmy through pop's enchanted garden, with tear-tugging Bacharachy bits and choruses of angels and everything.
80
Splendid
All the best songs here seem to launch from the point at which Technique left off; they have the same bounce, the same speed and many of the same hooks (especially in "Bert's Theme", "Kashmere" and "I've Got a Feeling") as that Hook-dominated New Order record.
70
Mojo
The synth-laden tunes are relentlessly upbeat--sort of New Order on Prozac--with a Lightning Seeds blitheness.... Though no groundbreaker, 'Monaco' is catchy as flu.
60
Select
Another case of 'Technique' revisted. Again. (Oct 2000, p.108)
60
Dot Music
It's New Order-lite.
60
Q Magazine
At times the sound of Peter Hook eating himself, at its best - the epic, Hook-sung It's A Boy - Monaco display a powerful combination of emotionalism and bombast all their own.
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