High Land, Hard Rain [30th Anniversary Edition]
by Aztec Camera
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Feb 4, 2014
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. jake_gibbs
    Apr 26, 2014
    7
    Critics generally and Metacritic in particular lose their credibility when an average or above-average release automatically becomes a classic when it's re-released decades later -- especially if its a box set. C'mon -- 6 of the top 10 releases of 2014 are reissues? Aztec Camera was a middle-of-the-packer in an era when they competed with lots of great new wave bands. This album holdsCritics generally and Metacritic in particular lose their credibility when an average or above-average release automatically becomes a classic when it's re-released decades later -- especially if its a box set. C'mon -- 6 of the top 10 releases of 2014 are reissues? Aztec Camera was a middle-of-the-packer in an era when they competed with lots of great new wave bands. This album holds its own, but the upper 70s/low 80s rating it deserved when it was released should hold true today.… Expand
  2. SolidGaara
    Apr 22, 2014
    10
    OH this beautiful masterpiece. A crucial album in Azetcs catalog. Great recommend this to anyone who likes music. This is the opposite of being forced to read the pile of **** called A Room of One's Own. I had to listen to this to calm the soul as having to read such a drag and repetitive book. This is an album that just takes you away from that state of mind. It takes you away from theOH this beautiful masterpiece. A crucial album in Azetcs catalog. Great recommend this to anyone who likes music. This is the opposite of being forced to read the pile of **** called A Room of One's Own. I had to listen to this to calm the soul as having to read such a drag and repetitive book. This is an album that just takes you away from that state of mind. It takes you away from the no longer applicable to modern day society book or whatever is boring, dragging, or holding you down.… Expand

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Metascore
89

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Blurt Magazine
    May 16, 2014
    80
    With this supremely supple and joyous display of early innocence and promise, Aztec Camera showed they already come into their own.
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  2. PopMatters
    Feb 21, 2014
    90
    Those who bought the album first time round may well feel tempted by the goodies on offer in the second disc. But for those unacquainted with High Land Hard Rain, or know Aztec Camera only from their 1988 hit “Somewhere In My Heart”, you are in for a treat.
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  3. Under The Radar
    Feb 19, 2014
    90
    High Land, Hard Rain remains a career highlight.... Knopfler’s production has aged reasonably well, but the cover of Van Halen’s "Jump" (a B-side extra) shows how Frame’s perverse streak could have been managed more creatively.
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