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- Summary: This is the first album in nearly 20 years since Richard Davies and Eric Matthews released their debut albums as Cardinal in 1994.
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- Record Label: Fire Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Positive: 9 out of 15
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Mixed: 5 out of 15
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Negative: 1 out of 15
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Jan 18, 2012A triumphant sequel.
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Jan 18, 2012Reconvened 17 years later, Cardinal shows their hushed melodies and chamber pop sensibilities gel just as well now as they did originally.
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Feb 8, 2012["General Hospital" is] a rare mis-step on a collection of songs that's beautifully judged, possessed of an idiosyncratic melodic logic that few can equal.
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Jan 24, 2012Hymns is a good, but not great, album.
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Jan 18, 2012While it's nice to finally hear these two follow up on a promising debut, Hymns isn't likely to capture many people who weren't taken with the original Cardinal record.
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MojoJan 31, 2012Hymns is worthy if never quite stratospheric heir. [Feb 2012, p.102]
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Jan 24, 2012For a pair of wannabe pop classicists, Cardinal's cardinal sin is the failure to provide anything approaching a whistleable melody.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Jan 27, 2012
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