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Costello Music - The Fratellis
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71 out of 100

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7.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: This full-length debut for the Glasgow indie-rock trio (who are not actually brothers, despite adopting the same last name) includes the song "Flathead," which can be heard soundtracking a recent iPod commercial.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    Their punchy choruses and propulsive garage riffs are as addictive as those of 2006 sensations Arctic Monkeys. [16 Mar 2007, p.69]
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  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Right now, their bouncing glamorama feels like the most important album you could own.
  3. Q Magazine
    60
    Full of borrowed ideas put together in a not unpleasant or unoriginal way, their sound is still too close to the myriad other wannabes trailing in The Libertines' and Razorlight's wake. [Oct 2006, p.119]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 32
  3. Negative: 5 out of 32
  1. RafaelZ.
    10
    great powerfull and eletric song. high speed sound. GREAT.
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  2. RickW
    4
    Nothing new here. Quit an unpleasant din!
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  3. jamie
    3
    still not sure what the big deal with this album is. i still struggle to tell the difference between the songs. dull
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