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Universal acclaim- based on 79 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 66 out of 79
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Mixed: 7 out of 79
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Negative: 6 out of 79
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Aug 13, 2021Iconic album that got me hooked on this band! Chelsea Dagger is one of my top ten favorite songs. Other standout tracks for me are: Henrietta, Whistle for the Choir, and Creepin' Up the Backstairs.
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Oct 24, 2014
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Jul 15, 2013Although many songs die down with repeat listens, it's one of the few albums I can sit down and listen to all the way through. Each song on this album is fantastic. The entire thing is energetic, catchy, and will be sure to have you singing along. It's almost too much to handle in one sitting.
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Jan 7, 2012This is an ok record. On first listen it sounds great but you get tired of it pretty quickly. There are definitely some good tracks on it but too much of it is recycled indie music by numbers.
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Feb 13, 2011There are only two or three songs on here I didn't like a lot. There's about 4 tracks I absolutely adore. I love their style. The melodies are catchy as hell. My favorite songs are "Flathead", "For The Girl", "Got Ma Nuts From A Hippy", and "Chelsea Dagger". I'd definitely give this album a shot!
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Nov 30, 2010A highly enjoyable album. Fast-paced, fun, lots of energy and bawdy lyrics. Can understand the detractors but never fail get excited when listening to this album. Unfortunate that Chelsea Dagger has become synonymous with football chanting imbeciles but never mind.
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Aug 24, 2010
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ChristopherW.Sep 18, 2007I blindly picked this album up at the local libary yesterday and was pleasantly surprised by the energy, drive, and humor is this music. This is a good soundtrack for fun times, simple as that. Cool right through!
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RyanTAug 20, 2007Excellent album. Catchy and fun. I've been listening to it for weeks.
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DamienCAug 17, 2007This is an awesome album, full of unpretentious rock, skinnied down to three glaswegians kicking up a storm. Great Stories.
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LukeBJun 16, 2007This album is the most fun I've had in ages! Tracks like 'Henrietta' and 'Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night' will leave you grinning for days. It's a flashback to when music used to be fun...
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RafaelZ.Jun 10, 2007great powerfull and eletric song. high speed sound. GREAT.
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[Anonymous]May 16, 2007Though they do sound a lot like the Arctic Monkeys, their musical ability when it comes to hooks is stronger, though they lack in the lyric department in the comparison.
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EmetVMay 14, 2007An excellent album - like all the tracks. Can see it getting old over time. Not buying those who say it all sounds the same...great summer music!
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DanPMay 8, 2007Excellent! I like it a lot, and listen to it often, catchy and sometimes a little old, but worth the cost.
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AndrewCApr 30, 2007Just fun. I hope I'm not alone in feeling like modern rock is a pretentious waste of time, overblown angsty crap that doesn't speak to me at all. Costello Music doesn't exactly speak to me either, but it understands that music doesn't have to - it just has to entertain you.
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tboneApr 29, 2007I gotta agree with billboard and the other 60 on this one. This is not really a grower. Too sugary, get's old after repeated listens... Still better than alot of stuff out there (I'd rate most on this site at 1-4)
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BillApr 17, 2007I got Flathead and thought to myself "Hey this is good!" ...Then I got the rest of the album. Extremely repetitive.
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TheNarcolepticInsomniacApr 14, 2007When Costello Music is on, it's a lot of fun. Some songs miss the mark, but on the whole it's good. Worth the 8 bucks it cost. Flathead and Chelsea Dagger in particular are good.
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RichardFApr 13, 2007Been in the CD player since it's UK release in September and I still listen to it with joy 7 months down the line.
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RhysEApr 12, 2007
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CameronSApr 7, 2007One of the best albums of the last 5 years! The first 4 tracks are worth the purchase price. You must get this one.
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BobSApr 5, 2007Absolutely excellent
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jamieApr 3, 2007still 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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SamDMar 28, 2007Freakin awful, music for complete musically naive idiots.
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PeterBMar 25, 2007Freaking awesome. One of my favorite new bands.
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danaMar 23, 2007oh dear
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IsaacAMar 21, 2007It's hard to have more fun with a CD this year, yet still retains that all-important strut. And it's furlongs ahead of Franz bleedin' Ferdinand. Highly recommended.
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NickDMar 21, 2007Incredibly catchy tunes that are more fun than you should have by listening to a debut album
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RickWMar 19, 2007Nothing new here. Quit an unpleasant din!
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MattD.Mar 16, 2007Kind of the missing link between Franz Ferdinand and My Chemical Romance. Not incredibly substantive, but you will be hard pressed to find a more enjoyably catchy and jubilant CD.
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AdamXMar 15, 2007One of the single worst albums you will ever hear. Glorified oom-pah music for morons.
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AndrewMMar 15, 2007This is definitely one of the best albums so far this year. Every song is catchy and makes you want to rock out (or get in a bar fight!). The Fratellis have got it going on!
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JonathanF.Mar 15, 2007great fun. unbelievably catchy bar anthems
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llonglifeeMar 15, 2007almost perfect
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Awards & Rankings
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Entertainment WeeklyTheir 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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MojoThe record comes on like a sweaty, amphetamine-fuelled rehearsal room bash that went extraordinarily well. [Oct 2006, p.102]
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The numbers which populate Costello Music are a darn sight better than Carl Barat and Pete Doherty's solo exploits.