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MagnetOct 17, 2012Babel is the more subtle and accomplished album. [No. 92, p.56]
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Oct 4, 2012It's certainly not a departure from the band's debut, but rather a continuation.
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Sep 26, 2012There are images of walls and towers in nearly every song, but they don't serve as a unifying theme--a missed opportunity for an album named after a famous tower.
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Sep 25, 2012The London quartet's hallmarks--plucky banjo, hard-driving acoustic guitar--are in place, but the songs are bigger and bolder, right down to Marcus Mumford's exuberant wails that now grind with more grit.
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Sep 25, 2012While the band will undoubtedly be criticized for playing it safe on the new record, there is no denying the music is solid despite its familiarity.
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Sep 24, 2012"Babel" reveals a band happy to remain entirely Mumford - although a larger, smoother Mumford, offering fresh nuances and textures while emboldened by the promise of the initial mission.
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Sep 20, 2012The power of the arrangements and Marcus Mumford's tortured-vicar vocals is undeniable. And if his conflation of love, lust and Christian spirituality sounds more like pre-dawn confusion than neat Bible lessons, it feels all the truer for it.
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Sep 20, 2012It's not perfect, but it's perfectly Mumford & Sons.
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Sep 19, 2012It's very much a 'if it ain't broke' album and, for now, that's okay.
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Sep 19, 2012The band has mastered the emotional gut-punch of quiet/loud dynamics, exploding from low-murmured harmonies into full Appalachian freak-outs.
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MojoSep 19, 2012More than just a decent nu-folk album, Babel is a great pop album. [Oct 2012, p.82]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 130 out of 189
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Mixed: 21 out of 189
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Negative: 38 out of 189
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