Bonfires On The Heath
by The Clientele
  • Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Oct 6, 2009
Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Spin
    60
    Though Bonfires' pacing is erratic, the band keeps winsome romance close.
  2. Tiny Mix Tapes
    60
    Bonfires is certainly a step up on its efficient, bloodless predecessor "God Save The Clientele" and stands up no matter what’s next for the band.
  3. Under The Radar
    60
    At this point the band has mastered its studied simplicity. [Fall 2009, p.57]
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  5. NOW Magazine
    60
    The quartet is at its best when hushed, autumnal and kaleidoscopic. Still, you can’t blame them for trying to push the envelope.
  6. Mojo
    60
    Bonfires is an honourable epitaph. [Feb 2010, p. 100]
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Awards & Rankings

75
#75 Best Album of 2009

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User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. PJD
    Oct 10, 2009
    8
    Remi T., your last comment made no sense. It was like you were trying really really hard to sound like a professional critic but you just Remi T., your last comment made no sense. It was like you were trying really really hard to sound like a professional critic but you just sound ridiculous. Oh yeah, also this is a pretty good cd. It'll grow on you.… Full Review »
  2. RemiT.
    Oct 9, 2009
    9
    If you are prepared and willing to go inside yourself for a while, than you will get a huge kick out of this album. If not, you will look at If you are prepared and willing to go inside yourself for a while, than you will get a huge kick out of this album. If not, you will look at it from the outside and think that most of it is depressing as hell. If you tend for the first option, get prepared to feel the warmth of a lovely room on a rainy thursday afternoon that's filled with talking portraits and revealing memories as a gentle cloud of opium drifts about. Probably their best since Strange Geometry.… Full Review »
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