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An early frontrunner for the UK album of the year.
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New Musical Express (NME)This is big, epic, widescreen music, albeit wonderfully understated. [5 Mar 2005, p.51]
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Songwriting necessarily takes a backseat here most of the time, but it’s hardly missed when there’s so much gorgeous, woozy texture to loll in.
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SpinThis transcendent debut is the real stoner rock. [Aug 2005, p.103]
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An incredibly warm and organic sounding debut.
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Q MagazineMusic of stark, placid beauty. [Apr 2005, p.121]
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Under The RadarWhat sets Engineers apart on this full-length debut is their ability to build up a strong sound without anything being lost within it. [#9]
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UrbBeautiful. [Apr 2005, p.108]
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FilterEqual parts drawn-out and dreamy. [#16, p.97]
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This album's exceptional, for as familiar and generic as it sounds, there is an autumnal sort of charm.
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This is what the new Coldplay album should have been.
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Their gentle approach is justified by the fact that their songs are quite memorable, written with a sense of grandeur and astral beauty.
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Engineers here prove capable both of emotive songwriting and of virtuoso studio craft.... Yet it falls shorts of true brilliance, for the simple reason that the band steadfastly refuse to rock-out.
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It's a warm and welcoming experience all round, and very much the mark of a band that know exactly what they're doing even if they sound remarkably out of step with everyone else.
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Derivative as it may be, it's done so well that it's awfully hard to bash.
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"One In Seven" is the best song on the London-based four-piece Engineers' self-titled long player.... The problem: "One In Seven" is the last song on the album. The ten tracks preceding it simply don’t measure up.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 16
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Mixed: 3 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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mattaSep 9, 2005
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MacMAug 22, 2005
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MindwreckIncAug 21, 2005Not only did i hear the music on this album, I saw it. I want more.....Absolute perfection.