Film School
by Film School
User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9

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  1. AlexA
    Mar 26, 2007
    8
    It's everything an indie album should be.
  2. paulm
    Mar 30, 2006
    2
    A great disappointment, not worth the five-year wait.
  3. SeanR
    Feb 10, 2006
    8
    Critics are saying that Film School's sound has been done before, I agree, but not too many bands nowadays don't have a few pointed interests in what happend before them. If someone tells you that MBV came out of nowhere with their sound or that JAMC were the most original band ever, then I guess this album isn't for you. Film School has a lot going for it, great guitars, Critics are saying that Film School's sound has been done before, I agree, but not too many bands nowadays don't have a few pointed interests in what happend before them. If someone tells you that MBV came out of nowhere with their sound or that JAMC were the most original band ever, then I guess this album isn't for you. Film School has a lot going for it, great guitars, propulsive yet restrained drumming and an endearing voice behind the mic. It isn't Shoegaze or Post Punk or Noise or Dream Pop or Slowcore or any other kind ot pigeonholed scene. It is alternative music for the 2000's in the truest sence of the term. Taking everything that happened before and making it their own. Just like what the Wedding Present did in the 90's, what Echo and the Bunnymen did in the 80's and what Nick Drake did in the 70's. This truely a quality album.… Collapse

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Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. Q Magazine
    40
    Frontman Krayg Burton's voice is a desperately weak instrument, his whispered snatches of melody never quite coalescing into memorable tunes. [Feb 2006, p.102]
  2. AllMusic
    80
    Film School isn't breathtakingly original, but it is well made.
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  3. BBC collective
    80
    An addictive and immersive debut album.
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