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Cole's Corner
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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 37 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the fourth solo album for the sometime Pulp guitarist.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Stylus Magazine
    100
    This is a quietly pulsing release, alive with simple pleasures and celebrating events like hanging out and running into people you know.
  2. Trouser Press
    90
    The propensities for treacle and brimstone are cut by the realism of his portraits and the certitude in his voice. A Nick Drake-like wonder here, it is sonorous, even-keeled and assured.
  3. Uncut
    80
    Hawley resurrects ghosts of music past and breathes new, poignant life into their forms. [Oct 2005, p.110]
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  4. Paste Magazine
    80
    Hawley's empathic delivery reveals the indelible stamp these relationships leave on his protagonists' hearts. [Dec 2005, p.126]
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  5. The Guardian
    80
    If there is a difference it's in the richness of the emotions and textures.
  6. Mojo
    80
    A glorious melange of love, loss, regret, homesickness and romance. [Sep 2005, p.86]
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  7. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    His best yet. [3 Sep 2005, p.74]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 23
  3. Negative: 2 out of 23
  1. keiths
    Sep 16, 2005
    10
    Sumptuously melancholy, eerily channeling Scott Walker through an early evening haze. A detached observance of details, settings and Sumptuously melancholy, eerily channeling Scott Walker through an early evening haze. A detached observance of details, settings and possibilities ignored by a populace obsessed with places to be and people to see. The songs just melt, coating the listener with Hawley's aimless world of fading hope. The romantic possibilities of transcendent music and compelling companionship are just out of reach.… Expand
  2. MattJ
    Oct 15, 2006
    10
    A classic
  4. simonp
    Sep 28, 2005
    10
    Listening to this album for the first time was like falling in love- beautiful, relaxing, dreamy pleasure.
  5. RodT
    Feb 3, 2006
    10
    Gorgeous. Totally envelopes you with almost effortless charm. Strings are perfect, his voice is unbelievably good, and the songs are Gorgeous. Totally envelopes you with almost effortless charm. Strings are perfect, his voice is unbelievably good, and the songs are surprisingly touching. A huge talent.… Expand
  6. lambo89
    Oct 1, 2011
    10
    Six years on... I will never get tired of listening to this album. Beautifully crafted, wonderfully performed and the production isSix years on... I will never get tired of listening to this album. Beautifully crafted, wonderfully performed and the production is incredible. Stunning.… Expand
  7. Ricko
    Nov 19, 2017
    9
    Magnificient record from the Sheffield songwriter and well worthy of its Mercury Music Prize nomination. The songwriting is on "Coles Corner"Magnificient record from the Sheffield songwriter and well worthy of its Mercury Music Prize nomination. The songwriting is on "Coles Corner" is first class and throughout it just feels like a record from another time. Hints of Bacharach can be found throughout but with the rock n'roll never too far away. This album is a thing of beauty and filled with diamonds but my personal highlights would be opener "Coles Corner", "Just Like The Rain", "The Ocean" and "Born Under A Bad Sign".… Collapse
  8. Ted
    Oct 19, 2005
    1
    boring, lifeless and dull.

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#25 Best Album of 2005

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