Hats Off To The Buskers
by The View
User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 38 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 38
  3. Negative: 11 out of 38

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  1. GuyH
    Feb 5, 2007
    0
    Just hate this band - awful!
  2. JonathanN
    Feb 7, 2007
    0
    Disgusting little boy he is.
  3. obregon
    Feb 8, 2007
    1
    Very bad album.
  4. Borachon
    Mar 14, 2007
    2
    Awful, awful, awful band. Truly embarrassing lyrics, horrible voice, jingly-jangly guitars that have been heard ten million times before. If you thought Razorlight were as low as generic guitar music could go, think again. Dire.
  5. popshockdotorg
    Feb 11, 2007
    3
    Didn't the Libertines happen once already... And then a second time (Babyshambles)... And then a third time (Dirty Pretty Things)... There are one or two good tracks on this album, but I'll be surprised if this band are even still around in a year's time.
  6. BeansOnToast
    May 6, 2007
    3
    A terrible result, despite the all-star production treatment, and misguided media preference as the latest indie wannabes. Shameful and massively inferior attempt to capture the Libertines sound. If there is anything else around which sounds as contrived and plasticy as this, then I'm yet to hear it (thank f**k). What next, an album of motown covers or the beatles perhaps ? Anyone A terrible result, despite the all-star production treatment, and misguided media preference as the latest indie wannabes. Shameful and massively inferior attempt to capture the Libertines sound. If there is anything else around which sounds as contrived and plasticy as this, then I'm yet to hear it (thank f**k). What next, an album of motown covers or the beatles perhaps ? Anyone who appreciates good indie, don't waste your money or your bandwidth… Expand
  7. JJ.
    Sep 21, 2007
    1
    This album is pure crap. British "rock n roll" is officially dead.

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. BBC collective
    70
    A cannily considered, thoroughly de nos jours mix of punk, skiffle and music hall-bred power pop which fizzes with energy and affects a brash charm, but adds little to Barat’s and Doherty’s original blueprint.
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  2. Mojo
    80
    [It] burns with pop ambition. [Feb 2007, p.105]
  3. musicOMH.com
    80
    There's enough talent here to suggest that the hype around The View at the moment is thoroughly justified - hats off to them indeed.
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