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Howdy!
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Metascore
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the sixth studio LP from the Scottish three-piece.

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If I Never See You Again
If I never see you again you will stay in my mind [x2] We've only got a lifetime [x2]... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    The 'club's most satisfying collection since 1990's A Catholic Education. [25 Jan 2002, p.107]
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  2. Billboard
    80
    It's pure cotton candy for the ears, and it sounds sublime.
  3. Q Magazine
    80
    Few bands epitomise so well the virtues of not fixing that which isn't broken.
  4. Ink Blot Magazine
    70
    Howdy! is made up of everything you'd expect from Teenage Fanclub: warm and inviting acoustic pop, fluid melodies, rich harmonies, and head-nodding rhythms.
  5. Splendid
    70
    Teenage Fanclub has absorbed the Britpop successes and failures of the past decade and made an album that celebrates everything that can go right when musicians listen to far too many Beatles records.
  6. Neumu.net
    70
    It's always pretty, but overall, the allure is almost meretricious, considering four or five songs provoke nothing beyond a pleasant ambivalence.
  7. Nude As The News
    45
    Unfortunately, talent alone doesn't always make a great record, and Howdy! lacks the excitement to put it in that category.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. pkindieboy
    Mar 1, 2011
    9
    As good an album as you can hope for from a pop band these days. These songs are extremely well written, with excellent chord progressionsAs good an album as you can hope for from a pop band these days. These songs are extremely well written, with excellent chord progressions and melodies that remain in my head. The production is top notch too, and gives the album a real sense of cohesion. I'm writing this review in 2011, a testament to the staying power of these great pop songs.… Collapse
  2. GraemeW
    Jan 27, 2004
    8
    Not quite upo there with Songs From Northern Britain & Bandwagonesque, but as charming & tuneful as you could wish for. A criminally under Not quite upo there with Songs From Northern Britain & Bandwagonesque, but as charming & tuneful as you could wish for. A criminally under rated band.… Expand
  4. AlanS
    Apr 28, 2005
    4
    This is their worst album in nearly 12 years. It's crafted okay but there's none of the energy which they exert abundantly on some This is their worst album in nearly 12 years. It's crafted okay but there's none of the energy which they exert abundantly on some of their previous albums. "I Need Direction" is both the album's best song and the band's figurative cry for help. Maybe a change of producer would help next time.… Expand