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Mar 8, 2013This is a second album that genuinely builds upon its predecessor. Exile reinforces the feeling in modern pop that no other group sounds quite as hurt as Hurts.
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Mar 8, 2013Exile is found wanting when they try too much to be the stadium band rather than allowing the drama to play out.
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Mar 8, 2013Luckily, Hutchcraft and keyboardist Adam Anderson are also endowed with that other pomp-rock characteristic--a gift for striding, anthemic choruses that turn even the most overwrought songs into unshakeable earworms.
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Mar 19, 2013No matter how many dark subjects are nested throughout, too often the music on Exile falls back into the same old tricks of bells-and-whistles pop choruses and obvious hooks.
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UncutMar 12, 2013Sadly, torrid synthesiser and billowing melodrama make it impossible to see any wry glances cast by Exile. [Apr 2013, p.73]
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Mar 27, 2013This is an album that maintains the joyless musical brand Hutchcraft and Anderson crystallised with their two million selling debut.
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Mar 12, 2013A chilling example of naked ambition prioritising production style over songwriting substance.
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Mar 11, 2013The songwriting isn't sturdy enough to hold it all up.
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MojoMar 8, 2013It's more showbiz than authentic, being knee-deep in the kind of epic balladry that wouldn't be out of place at Eurovision. [Apr 2013, p.91]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 46 out of 55
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Mixed: 7 out of 55
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Negative: 2 out of 55
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