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Sep 30, 2011Credo could have been the perfect opportunity to prove to their devotees that they haven't lost their touch, but although there are a few flashes of their heyday's magic, it's a strangely low-key affair which is unlikely to inspire any future synth pop maestros.
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Apr 11, 2011At times Credo sounds like The Human League of today trying to be The Human League of the past, which makes for uncomfortable listening. That said, it's probably still better than it has any right to be, given the time between the group's hits and their missing out on chart positions nowadays.
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Apr 11, 2011It wears thin over the course of an album, and an appreciation for Eighties synth-pop is a must, but for a band in their thirty-fourth year, the League are still on good form.
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Aug 15, 2011You won't find a "Don't You Want Me" on this disc, but you will find a band that's aged a lot better than many of their contemporaries, as well as a few tracks that will stand up well alongside those of their modern-day followers.
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MojoApr 21, 2011The hi-gloss but uneven Credo only partially convinces. [Feb 2011, p.100]
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Apr 11, 2011This time with their best songs since "Tell Me When" in 1995. In more ways than one, timeless.
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Aug 15, 2011The lack of memorable choruses and melodies is made all the more frustrating by the surprisingly decent production.
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Apr 26, 2011You get the impression Credo came this close to being pretty good then overshot the mark and crashed in a tangled mess. Yes, the Human League are still laboring on. But dignity? Fast running out.
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Q MagazineApr 12, 2011While Oakey's lyrics still have a near-surreal banality, with Privilege surely the most bizarre song yet to tackle the credit crunch, the two-finger riffs of Sky and Get Together are as addictive as ever. [Apr 2011, p.104]
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Apr 27, 2011The tunes are repetitive in the vein of Oakey's earliest industrial post-punk '70s rants, but with the angry friction of those heady times cooled off, like a trip to the corner after a heated outburst. And if the album doesn't quite attain the life-altering awesomeness of Dare--well, what album does, really?
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Apr 11, 2011Despite the plethora of lovely moments it feels like a collection of songs rather than an album. Something--call it a heart--is missing.
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Apr 11, 2011The enjoyable only just outweighs the annoying on the opener "Never Let Me Go", where the auto-tuned vocal is a let-down.
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Apr 11, 2011What matters is that the I Monster team have cooked up a production that matches our expectations of a League LP.
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UncutApr 13, 2011It's a partially successful approach that starts promisingly with the disco trust of "Never Let Me go" and "Night People," but the plodding tempo begins to drag, and by "Single Minded" the listener feels worn out. [May 2011, p.88]
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