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Universal acclaim- based on 37 Ratings
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Positive: 33 out of 37
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Mixed: 2 out of 37
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Negative: 2 out of 37
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IainM.Apr 4, 2008Not quite as good as the live experience but still an amazing album. This is a band that Cardiff is justifiably proud of at a time when we are producing any number of great acts.
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PaulCApr 26, 2008A solid, fun album you will find yourself listening to over and over again. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite albums of the year.
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MikeC.Apr 20, 2008This album is very good. I love their song "You! Me! Dancing!" Its stuck in my head all day!
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ChrisS.Apr 5, 2008A fan-flipping-tastic album.
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AlanF.Jan 10, 2009Wow. Refreshing smooth with energy, melody, and originality. Not trite, not too much. Please play loud.
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AshbyJ.Apr 5, 2008Best album of the last 2 years. If this thing doesn't notch an 80+ MC score, I'll consider it an injustice to top all others.
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AdamDMay 1, 2008Do yourself a favor, buy this album. Amusing, musically mature and diverse, takes hilarious shots at its fan base while still being a powerful album. I cannot stop listening
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MattH.Nov 24, 2008There's no way an album this catchy should still sound so good after 30, 40 or 50 listens, but "Hold on Now, Youngster" is packed with just as much detail as it is raw energy. This is a spectacular debut album.
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RichardB.May 26, 2008Great debut album, did take me a couple of run throughs to really like it, but its definitely worthy of being in anyone's record collection
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BlenderThanks to a sneaky sense of emo self-awareness and shambling, expansive instrumentation, they avoid cute overload. [Apr 2008, p.80]
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Two things save Los Campesinos! from being utterly insufferable. The first is that many of these songs are such fun, hurtling from the speakers in a blur of fuzzy guitars, big shouty choruses and smart vocal jousting between singers Gareth and Alexsandra. The second saving grace is that Los Campesinos! have the brains to back up their smart arse attitude.
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There really isn’t anything wrong with this album. It’s just the most amazing sugar rush you’re going to have this year, and is what, at this point in time, sounds strongly like the best debut album by a British indie band since Tigermilk.