Happy Songs For Happy People - Mogwai
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85 out of 100

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  • Summary: Don't let the title fool you; the Glaswegian instrumental post-rockers are just as dour as ever on this fourth studio LP.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Playlouder
    100
    This is Mogwai distilled to their essence, and the result is an album of huge power, emotional depth and feeling, with vocals submerged under a claustrophobic blanket of effects and guitars battling with viola, cello, violin and piano. It's just as Eno as it is S***t, and all the greater for that.
  2. Dot Music
    80
    What really makes this record engaging is that the simmering tension often chooses not to explode, yet somehow it works.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Their most intriguing, beautiful and dazzling record to date.
  4. Austin Chronicle
    50
    Happy Songs for Happy People offers many of the thrills of Rock Action, but without the diversity and succinctness that made that album shine.

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  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
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  1. PScott
    10
    Quite easily the best album i have ever heard... Every track is brilliant, and Ratts Of The Capital is amazing. If you don't own this yet, go buy it now.… Expand
  2. SeamusS
    10
    Kay kay kay Get past the utter stupidity (or inside joked humor) of the song titles, and you have a masterpeice.
  3. DanH
    8
    I actually like Mr. Beast a lot better, despite it being not as well received as this album. Hunted by a Freak is an awesome song, but some of the others can be a tad boring at times. Still an amazing album.… Expand
  4. DomS.
    7
    Something has been lost with Mogwai. You could feel it with "Rock Action," but it was easy to welcome the deeper, subtler, more ambient Mogwai as a change from the loud and stark brilliance of "Young Team" and their EP. "Happy Songs" isn't a band that's growing, but more like a practice round for a group of guys with enough talent and eclecticity to make the perfect collection of songs.… Expand

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