Funny Looking Angels
- Smith & Burrows
- Band Name: Smith & Burrows
- Record Label: B-Unique
- Release Date: Dec 6, 2011
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- Summary: The Editors lead singer Tom Smith and former Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows team up to release an album of classic and original Christmas songs.
- Record Label: B-Unique
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 8
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Mixed: 1 out of 8
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Negative: 1 out of 8
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Jan 3, 201280Featuring a blend of standards and originals spiced with judicious covers of sometimes obscure indie tracks, it manages to sustain a mood and attitude throughout without offering too many hostages to homogeneity.
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Dec 13, 201140It's a lopsided affair: while Smith bleats on about being cold and feeling old (on the dreadful When the Thames Froze), the songs on which Burrows takes the lead possess a more pleasant and gentle Elliott Smith lilt.
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Jan 18, 201210The Christmas album can risk being a sonic Round Robin, of interest to few but its creators, dispossessed of all perspective as they've mired themselves deep in their icky, cosy world.
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