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Emergency - The Pigeon Detectives
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56 out of 100

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8.2 out of 10

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  • Summary: The sophomore album for the British band was produced by Stephen Street.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Q Magazine
    80
    Emergency is a confident second dose, not a lazy repeat. [June 2008, p.139]
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  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    Individual tracks can feel forced rather than organically nurtured. It all means that by the time they hit 'Making Up Numbers' and 'Everybody Wants Me', there are no longer enough new tricks in their bag to hold our attention, and 'Emergency' bleeds away without a climax.
  3. The Guardian
    20
    As Emergency proves, what they do is entirely generic, but it's hard to argue with its melodic efficacy.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. MikeW.
    6
    Pales in comparison to the first album, which is not to say it isn't a good album, it just isn't as big as an accomplishment of an album, my recommendation is for the band to spend more than a year on the next album, and we'll be treated with another album more along the lines of Wait For Me.… Expand
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