Crown and Treaty
by Sweet Billy Pilgrim
  • Record Label: EMI
  • Release Date: Apr 16, 2012
Metascore
88

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Uncut
    May 9, 2012
    80
    SBP always made a virtue of their limitations, but the results of their unshackling from penury are spectacular. [Jun 2012, p.84]
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  2. Mojo
    May 9, 2012
    100
    A richer feast, from more humble ingredients, could scarcely be imagined. [May 2012, p.82]
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  3. Q Magazine
    May 9, 2012
    80
    They've re-emerged, stronger, more focused and full of headspinning ideas. [May 2012, p.106]
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  5. Consequence
    Aug 23, 2012
    80
    The music is compelling and challenging from start to finish, a triumph of substance and style.
  6. The Observer (UK)
    May 8, 2012
    80
    Crown and Treaty is at times wonderful, particularly on "Blue Sky Falls", "Joyful Reunion" and "Brugada".
  7. The Independent (UK)
    May 9, 2012
    80
    Songwriter Tim Elsenburg makes great strides forward with an ambitious cycle of songs about identity and history.
  8. BBC Music
    May 9, 2012
    80
    Without compromising their artistic vision one iota, Sweet Billy Pilgrim have gone from black-and-white art-house to breathtaking widescreen, and the results are quite simply glorious.
  9. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    May 9, 2012
    80
    Buckinghamshire band SBP return for their third album with a far more complex musical palette.

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#8 Best Album of 2012

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