Hurricane Bar - Mando Diao
Metascore
69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Hookily retro, Kinks-style Britpop. [11 Mar 2005, p.105]
  2. We haven't heard such a melodic Swedish act since ABBA.
  3. Trading mic volleys and Velcro riffs on their second LP the quartet's frontmen lead perfect group harmonies ("White Wall") with the sweet/sour yin/yang of every great lead tandem since John & Paul.
  4. [A] knack for re-creating the already re-created sounds of their peers keeps rearing up on Hurricane Bar, and it docks the album points in the genuineness department.
  5. Mando Diao has one-upped classmates The Hives and Sahara Hotnights with its superior songwriting and musical depth. [#14, p.109]
  6. Hurricane Bar sees the group amp up the hand-clapping choruses and delivers a leaner collection that recalls everything from the Animals and the Small Faces to Hanoi Rocks and the Libertines.
  7. Hurricane Bar has diluted the two things that made Mando Diao's first album distinct: immediacy and a sense of fun.
  8. These Swedes are as retro as most of their countrymen, and they have even less to say.
  9. Hurricane Bar is totally contrived: too much "That Thing You Do" and not enough shot-from-below-the-hip bacchanalia to keep the fire stoked.
  10. Despite some evidence of talent, though, it's mostly just musical gatecrashing. [Apr 2005, p.123]
User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. sakig
    10
    will keep going to live up to the promised that the libertines failed to deliver
  2. GianlucaM
    10
    bello, veramente bello...
  3. KarinaP
    10
    I LOVE this album!