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- Summary: The debut album for the British band was produced by Edwyn Collins.
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- Record Label: Pop Sex
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Photograph | |
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You're as pretty as a picture, so cute I've got to kiss ya, When I saw that Polaroid it was you I couldn't avoid. See it was just fleeting upon our... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Mar 31, 2011Ten tracks of exuberant, blissful pop later and it looks like the Mackem lads have actually come good on their promise.
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Mar 31, 2011Favouring shamelessly blokey call-and-response hooks and not averse to "woos" and "woah-woah-woahs", these tales of love chased, lost and briefly enjoyed are delivered with an infectious enthusiasm and blessed with production by Edwyn Collins.
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Q MagazineApr 6, 2011Hunger's three-minute nuggets blend '80s guitar jangle with doo-wop harmonies, the nostalgic charm offset by the neurotic intensity of both the lyrics and frontman Frankie Francis's desperate vocals. [Mar 2011, p.104]
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Mar 31, 2011It's essentially 1980s indie jangle with hints of Afro-pop and Northern Soul, carrying echoes of Orange Juice.
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Mar 31, 2011It's a curious mesh, but what ties it together is the band's unquenchable enthusiasm, which makes the album a tonic for winter-dulled spirits.
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MojoApr 4, 2011Don't Look Surprised strays into Killers Territory but the doo-wop strut of Hunger and calypso jangle of Photograph more than make up for it. A life-affirming debut. [Mar 2011, p.95]
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UncutApr 13, 2011Edwyn Collins is the perfect producer to lend the jaunty jangles an edge of both darkness and charm. [May 2011, p.91]