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Entertainment Weekly

Arrested adolescence has rarely sounded so inviting. [26 Oct 2007, p.67]

All Music Guide

Teenager can stand as the group's crowning glory to date.

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cokemachineglow

All in all, Teenager stands as both a distillation of the band’s strengths and an impressive step forward, and perhaps more importantly, an irony-free, immensely relatable look at the heady emotional extremes of youth.

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Paste Magazine

So it appears that The Thrills are back on course, deftly employing their distinct sound and vision, a little older (though still in their 20s), a little wiser and surely finding resonance in one of Deasy’s refrains: “This could be our year."

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Drowned In Sound

Teenager is consistently rewarding, then; what it lacks though is bite.

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Uncut

The theme of lost innocence is ideal for the sad sweetness of Conor Deasy’s voice, which has never sounded better than on 'This Year,' a rush of noise which restores the busked immediacy of their debut.

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The Onion (A.V. Club)

The album's best moments—like the stuck-in-a-small-town-with-a-broken-heart tale 'Nothing Changes Around Here'--will undoubtedly please fans who've been waiting three years for another fix of the best American pop band ever to come out of Ireland.

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New Musical Express

Teenager is simply more wonderful, bittersweet laze-pop of a hue at which The Thrills have become grand masters.

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Hot Press

Unusually for a Teenager, this album has taken a long time to come.

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Under The Radar

Teenager is an important album for The Thrills. It represents a step forward for a band that was looking like it had lost its luster. [Fall 2007, p.83]

Pitchfork

Teenager is gloomy without feeling fatalistic; melodic without feeling facile. For the Thrills, a quick locale change has managed to yield impressive results.

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Prefix Magazine

The album gains little from the effects heaped upon it, but Teenager is able to escape being totally buried under them.

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Boston Globe

While at times fun and lovely, this release exemplifies the very treachery of maturing that it addresses with such earnestness.

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Spin

The Thrills have matured into pretty crafty tunesmiths. [Nov 2007, p.125]

PopMatters

The band is in fine form, and the compositions are solid, but they seem like they’re covering the same ground, and the freshness of a debut is never sustained three albums on.

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Dot Music

The results are hit-and-miss.

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Observer Music Monthly

Teenager is as flat as the Mojave Desert, and, like a fusty pastel sweater bought as a birthday present, it's cosy yet bland.

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The Guardian

Musically, their songs are too brightly bland, so obviously designed for mass consumption and uplift that the tinny guitars and twinkling piano melodies end up sounding cheap.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 7.7 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Elaine S gave it a10:
Its been well worth the wait for The Thrills 3rd record Teenager, its a work of art, I love the melodies and the lyrics, the mandilon brings that extra magic to the songs. Its great to have the 3 records, each one different but with the great difinitive stamp of The Thrills through them:-) I bought the special edition which has a 70 minute DVD called The End of Innocence, was great to take the journey with the band through their early days till now. Well worth the purchase and if you don't own the first 2 records you should buy them too just to see the great diversity and talent of this great band!

Adam gave it a9:
Grows on you with every listen. There most impressive album to date, despite not having as many stand-out singles. Too many reviewers will give it one listen and think same 'ol same 'ol. Pity.

Afro from Above 1979 gave it an8:
Not is the best album of 2007 of course not is the best album of them but is a nice album, the first 5 songs are the best in the album… so.

Pac Pec gave it a7:
Give it a listen. Or two. Grows on you.

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