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Universal acclaim- based on 25 Ratings
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Positive: 23 out of 25
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Mixed: 0 out of 25
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Negative: 2 out of 25
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Dec 10, 2010Absolutely beautiful album. Its filled with eerie and melancholy sounds mixed with some sweet riffs and effects. Definately worth a listen. Slow, moody, at times melancholy, but by no means boring.
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MarkJ.Jun 28, 2002It's slow but not boring
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[Anonymous]Oct 11, 2002simply one of the best, most emotional and mind-blowing records of all time. hard to imagine it's a debut.
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CraigJan 14, 2004one of the best debut albums i've heard in the past few years.
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MrMikeyAug 24, 2004Cracking debut, 10 years in the making. Newborn is the stand out track for me as I just feel that its a full on aural assault of the best possible kind. Slow to mid tempo? Yes. Boring? Anything but.
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Elbow understand how to make an album flow without sacrificing the unexpected turns any good record should have.
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You'll struggle to find any filler on a record that works magnificently as a whole.
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One listen to Asleep in the Back's "Newborn" invokes a feeling of unmistakable contemplation and a sense of beauty entirely absent from the repertoires of the Oasis and Verves of Brit rock's last generation.