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Everything Else Has Gone Wrong
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

  • Summary: The first full-length studio release in five years for the British indie rock band was produced with John Congleton.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. AllMusic
    Jan 17, 2020
    90
    While much of the emotion at the center of Everything Else Has Gone Wrong feels borne out of a period of dark introspection, there's a low-key ebullience and overall strength to the music that speaks to Bombay Bicycle Club's renewed sense of purpose. With each song, you can hear them coming further back to life.
  2. Q Magazine
    Jan 16, 2020
    80
    Back on track. ... The time away has taught them that if the sings are good enough, there 's no need to chuck in the kitchen sink too. [Mar 2020, p.114]
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  3. Clash Music
    Jan 21, 2020
    80
    Bombay Bicycle Club’s time away has propelled the band to a new plane of compelling sophistication, where musically and thematically they have evolved to create a beautifully profound and stunning soundscape full of promise and self-examination.
  4. Uncut
    Jan 16, 2020
    70
    This fifth album immediately feels well adjusted and familiar. [Feb 2020, p.25]
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  5. The Line of Best Fit
    Jan 21, 2020
    70
    It's all a bit too safe. Nothing feels unexpected. Nothing feels like a step forward. Everything Else Has Gone Wrong is lodged sonically somewhere between the sound of the last two albums, but lacking the freshness both possessed at the time.
  6. No Ripcord
    Jan 21, 2020
    60
    Everything Else Has Gone Wrong is about getting through troubling times with grand gestures, projecting those emotions in the most outward way possible. And, coming back from that absence, demonstrating their steady growth as musicians with a joyful disposition that is contagious.
  7. The Guardian
    Jan 17, 2020
    40
    None of it is compelling or well-written – the constant lyrical repetition really grates – especially when he attempts grand statements.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Lufc9302
    Jan 19, 2020
    10
    An album about finding solace in Music. Has given solace to me. So, therefore it’s done it’s job. Nothing technically groundbreaking, butAn album about finding solace in Music. Has given solace to me. So, therefore it’s done it’s job. Nothing technically groundbreaking, but ‘tugs’ at the heartstrings with it's bittersweet songwriting; creating hopefulness, in hopelessness.… Expand
  2. Ollieway
    Jan 18, 2020
    10
    An absolute joy to behold. Built on the expressions of anxiety and finding a sense of worth in today's full on world. It's full ofAn absolute joy to behold. Built on the expressions of anxiety and finding a sense of worth in today's full on world. It's full of affirmations throughout, the repetition of affirmations is reassuring and easing such as "I worry bout you" and "And yes, I found my second wind". Affirmations are a key aspect of mindfulness practice and used in CBT, its almost a prescription. Will be listening on repeat.… Expand
  4. Lajaleaa
    Feb 18, 2020
    8
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    Un Indie Rock muy entretenido y divertido hasta cierto punto. Bombay Bycicle Club ha hecho un álbum muy solido sobre un estilo    ( 80/100 )

    Un Indie Rock muy entretenido y divertido hasta cierto punto. Bombay Bycicle Club ha hecho un álbum muy solido sobre un estilo de vida muy simple que definitivamente tiene su lado animado, eufórico y dinámico. Jack Steadman y John Congleton producen un álbum con una trayectoria que mantiene un estilo atractivo, sensible y especial cuya narrativa está bien decorada por letras sobre la cotidianidad.

    A very entertaining and fun Indie Rock to a certain point. Bombay Bicycle Club has done a very solid album about a simple style of life that definitively has its animated, euphoric and dynamic side. Jack Steadman and John Congleton produce an album with a trajectory that keeps an attractive, sensible and special style in which narrative is well decorated with lyrics about every day.    … Expand
  5. Ricko
    Feb 26, 2020
    8
    Of Bombay Bicycle Club's first 4 albums, it was record number 3, "A Different Kind of Fix" that I liked the most and having recently revisitedOf Bombay Bicycle Club's first 4 albums, it was record number 3, "A Different Kind of Fix" that I liked the most and having recently revisited their back catalogue, this remains the case. I think it is because it's the album where they are making the least amount of effort to tap into a specific scene. "Everything Else Has Gone Wrong" has a similar vibe. It's unmistakably a Bombay Bicycle Club album and is easy to criticise if you don't like the band. If you do like them then it's equally easy to pick out things to enjoy from this collection. It has 3 or 4 really good songs that should find a permanent place in their set list. The rest of the album is enjoyable without being mindblowing and if every album I bought could fit that description I'd take it. The opening 3 tracks along with the lead single "Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You) were the highlights for me but there is plenty more to discover on further listening.… Expand
  6. Lifeisbellablog
    Apr 14, 2020
    5
    This album was very blah and generic for me. There are no standout songs for me that I really loved. I never really connected to any of theThis album was very blah and generic for me. There are no standout songs for me that I really loved. I never really connected to any of the music or lyrics. It was all very static throughout. I wouldn't say I disliked the album, I just feel that it was kind of forgettable.… Expand

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