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- Record Label: Island
- Release Date: Jul 6, 2009
- Summary: The debut album for the British rock quartet was produced by Jim Abbiss.
- Record Label: Island
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Pop
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Always Like This | |
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Oh she can wait, For what I can give, She knows what I am but, She won't believe me, Is it all ok? Will I come off the lightest? I can't believe... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Mixed: 6 out of 10
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If I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose is the band's Everest, not only do they conquer it with unassuming boyish romance, but they've also created the most poignant anthology of what it means to be young and restless in the city since fellow Londoners Bloc Party's "Silent Alarm"--though they're a lot less frosty than Okereke et al.
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UncutTheir supple, smouldering songs take you back to an innocent, pre-Britpop indie era while retaining the thrust of contempories like Bloc Party. [Aug 2009, p.87]
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London rock act Bombay Bicycle Club hasn't been playing together long, but the foursome boasts an impressive sound on debut album I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose (released last July in the United Kingdom).
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While I Had the Blues is a serviceable debut that doesn't really disappoint but rarely shines, it does suggest that Bombay Bicycle Club have a promising future.
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Granted, there's nothing new going on, but their passion fills in the innovation gaps.
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MojoThere hasn't been quite enough time yet for them to construct much of a unique sonic indentity. [Aug 2009, p.94]
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This is duvet music, offering vague comfort but impossible to feel any excitement for.
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Jan 15, 2019One of my all time favorite albums. A blast to listen to from beginning to end
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Jun 18, 2013
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EvanHJan 11, 2010
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Dec 9, 2010
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Oct 9, 2014
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