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- Summary: The Swedish trio returns with a more pop sound for its third release.
- Record Label: Labrador Sweden
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Pop
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| Heaven's On Fire | |
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| When I look at you, heaven's on fire I wish I didn't know you better, but it's pointless One look at you, and heaven's on fire When I look at you, I... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 11 out of 14
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Mixed: 3 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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As with their last two albums, Clinging to a Scheme stands to further expand the Radio Dept.'s cult. Economy has never been an issue for the band, but here, things are further tightened up.
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Clinging to a Scheme feels more haphazard, more Revolver (1965) than Abbey Road (1969) as it goes from searing ambience (“A Token of Gratitude”) to the thicker-figured dance tracks. The album leaves you wanting more--whether this is for better or worse is one question you’ll have to answer for yourself.
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Ultimately, this is the same Radio Dept. we know, love and hardly ever hear from. We’ll take what we can get.
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Further spins reveal the charms of the non-single tracks, and the whole thing ends up being one of the best examples of all the things that help make Swedish pop so magical. For once, all the pre-release hype and anticipation has been justified; the Radio Dept. have delivered the best work of their career.
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If Clinging is at all a departure from the Radio Dept.’s previous pleasantries, it’s along the two most valuable vectors: outward and upward. Although their sound has always seemed certain, it’s never been this clear.
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Emerging at the end, the listener has a real sense of having been immersed in something coherent and whole over the course of the 10 tracks; even if at the same time--dreamlike--there may well be no such clear sense of what it all might have meant.
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Q MagazineImmaculately crafted, and with a smattering of good songs, it's also disappointingly samey, with all too little standing out and demanding to be heard. [May 2010, p.125]
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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AlbertoF.Apr 26, 2010It's so soft, so beautiful... just perfect, the Thurstoon Moore's sample is so awesome too.
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