- Critic score
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MagnetApr 16, 2013English Electric is a tremendously satisfying listen for fans who've worn out their copy of Dazzle Ships. [No. 97, p.57]
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MojoApr 9, 2013Night Cafe, The Future Will Be Silent and the earworm that is Dresden might just be some of their best ever pieces. [May 2013, p.90]
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Apr 9, 2013It’s comfortable, familiar, expected, and joyful.
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Apr 9, 2013While it is not the best OMD album, it is the best OMD album in at least 29 years.
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Apr 8, 2013It’s powerful, emotive stuff--proof that electronic music can have soul, and that OMD’s soul is, so far, everlasting.
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Apr 8, 2013English Electric--both melodically and artistically--stands as a rich, dignified entry in OMD’s catalogue.
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Apr 9, 2013Nostalgia may still cloak OMD's early work in an impenetrable aura, but this album shows a band at the top of their game.
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UncutApr 8, 2013Passages of modish electro show that they're certainly on top of things, yet their heart remains pure pop. [May 2013, p.75]
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Apr 8, 2013At times it feels far too long.... Yet on the whole it remains impressively cohesive, and perhaps more importantly (and surprisingly) never feels like they're going through the motions.
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Apr 8, 2013OMD's Kraftwerk fixation at this late date is a retro-within-retro move that puzzles, so prepare to be jarred a bit before declaring this a welcome addition to the catalog.
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Apr 11, 2013English Electric, the British new wave band's second full length since the reformation of the classic 1980s lineup in 2006, neither escapes from the quartet's past nor fully aims to.
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Under The RadarApr 8, 2013The production is better, but chances are English Electric wouldn't have sounded all that different had they written it in 1987. [Mar-Apr 2013, p.94]
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Apr 8, 2013Electric English is not groundbreaking nor really anything that competes with the band’s back catalogue, but overall it’s a good listen that will happily satisfy OMD’s fans.