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Entertainment WeeklyHookily retro, Kinks-style Britpop. [11 Mar 2005, p.105]
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We haven't heard such a melodic Swedish act since ABBA.
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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.
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[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.
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Paste MagazineMando Diao has one-upped classmates The Hives and Sahara Hotnights with its superior songwriting and musical depth. [#14, p.109]
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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.
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Hurricane Bar has diluted the two things that made Mando Diao's first album distinct: immediacy and a sense of fun.
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These Swedes are as retro as most of their countrymen, and they have even less to say.
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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.
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Q MagazineDespite some evidence of talent, though, it's mostly just musical gatecrashing. [Apr 2005, p.123]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 18
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Mixed: 1 out of 18
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Negative: 1 out of 18
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sakigFeb 9, 2007will keep going to live up to the promised that the libertines failed to deliver
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GianlucaMJul 8, 2005bello, veramente bello...
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KarinaPJun 7, 2005I LOVE this album!