Hidden - These New Puritans
User Score
9.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 64 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 62 out of 64
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 64
  3. Negative: 1 out of 64

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  1. RaphS
    Mar 2, 2010
    10
    Great album, a modern classic. (And I'm pretty sure OMM gave it 5 stars, and not just 4.)
  2. SmithyD
    Mar 2, 2010
    10
    Absolutely amazing piece of art.
  3. VincentS.
    Mar 3, 2010
    10
    Genius. The most original, powerful album I have heard in years. A classic to rank alongside Metal Box.
  4. TerryM
    Mar 2, 2010
    9
    One word: stunning.
  5. MarcusMarcus
    Apr 10, 2013
    10
    A visionary piece of work. If you don't like it, that means you are a pleb. Awesome percussion throughout, and the way they incorporated brass and woodwind is great. The fact that it wasn't even nominated for the mercury music prize shows you how stupid and irrelevant the mercury music prize is.

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Metascore
83 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 27 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. The Guardian
    Dec 10, 2010
    100
    Hidden is not just the most original record to emerge from Britain this year, but the most unfathomable: an immaculate enigma.
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  2. BBC Music
    80
    Barnett's blue-sky dreaming is actually a pretty accurate description of Hidden – heavily beat-driven, almost entirely absent of guitars, and laced with large amounts of elaborately arranged woodwind and brass. Does it work? Largely, yes.
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  3. Clash Music
    90
    Showing clear progression and monumental ambition, TNP have crafted a stark and dense knockout performance.
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