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73 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critics What's this?

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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

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  • Summary: The sountrack to Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch musical movie of the same name, which is scheduled to be filmed in 2010.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. The A.V. Club
    83
    Ireton's vocals grow more appealing with each listen, as does the album. Murdoch has created such a lush, cinematic world here that turning Girl into a movie almost feels redundant.
  2. All Music Guide
    60
    God Help the Girl should probably just be viewed as a flawed work or a semi-successful adventure by a solo artist who needs his band to be truly great.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    10
    Ireton's voice has an unschooled grace which elevates 'Hiding Neath My Umbrella' to the status of an interesting, if flimsy, curio in Murdoch's canon. It's just a shame the rest of the record, and the new recruits, are so fucking woeful.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. cupofbeans
    10
    This is a fabulous album containing beautiful pop songs. It's not a 'flawed work' at all but a fully realised work that sounds hauntingly familiar yet new simultaneously. I can't recommend it highly enough and it's rarely been off my CD player since I bought it. I would like to hear much more from Mr Murdoch and his collaborators.… Expand
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  2. OttoD
    10
    Really the best album I've bought in years. Beautifully naive music.
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  3. ChristianT
    3
    I am a massive B&S fan, but gave this one listen and put it on the junk pile. There are maybe three listenable tracks and two of them are recycled from B&S' last release. The rest of it is quite bizarre and sometimes downright unsettling. Murdoch clearly needs the rest of the band to keep him from going bonkers.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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