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- Summary: This is the fifth album for the reunited version of the punk band (still featuring Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle), now marking over 30 years since their original formation.
- Record Label: Cooking Vinyl
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 11
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Mixed: 3 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Entertainment WeeklyAs timeless and tuneful as any of their past masterworks. [10 Mar 2006, p.68]
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UncutShelley deliver[s] his best songs in years. [Apr 2006, p.96]
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While not as dark, muscular or streamlined as the band's excellent, eponymously titled 2003 album, Flat-Pack Philosophy grows better and better with each listen.
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Q MagazineIt's a sterling testimony to both the songwriting skills of Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle and bassist Tony Barber's crisp production that Buzzcocks still sound so undeniably valid. [Apr 2006, p.112]
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Flat-Pack Philosophy largely trades in the darkness and aggression of its predecessor for a poppier, more melodic approach. It’s rather different from Buzzcocks but nearly as strong, showing that the last album was no fluke: the second version of the band has finally hit its stride in the studio.
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MojoFormula, for sure, but it's the Buzzcocks' own: the original and best. [Apr 2006, p.88]
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Rolling StoneMuch of Flat-Pack Philosophy is mired in a muddle. [9 Mar 2006, p.94]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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PedjaMJun 6, 2006They are still awesome!
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VegasAMar 22, 2006
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MilesDMar 22, 2006
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