• Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Mar 2, 2010
User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 77 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 67 out of 77
  2. Negative: 7 out of 77

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  1. VincentS.
    Mar 3, 2010
    10
    Genius. The most original, powerful album I have heard in years. A classic to rank alongside Metal Box.
  2. RaphS
    Mar 2, 2010
    10
    Great album, a modern classic. (And I'm pretty sure OMM gave it 5 stars, and not just 4.)
  3. SmithyD
    Mar 2, 2010
    10
    Absolutely amazing piece of art.
  4. TerryM
    Mar 2, 2010
    9
    One word: stunning.
  5. 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.
  6. Oct 5, 2014
    10
    This is an amazing album, a masterpiece of contemporary music. Hidden has a unique style, a beautiful grandeur mixed with melancholic and amazing melodies. Needless to say that it's their best record.

Awards & Rankings

Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 27
  2. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Showing clear progression and monumental ambition, TNP have crafted a stark and dense knockout performance.