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- Summary: This is the first album for the British rock band to feature the Smiths' Johnny Marr as lead guitarist.
- Record Label: Wichita
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 13 out of 17
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Mixed: 4 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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The Cribs have always been a cut above their Yorkshire contemporaries, and Ignore The Ignorant demonstrates exactly why.
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Q MagazineA complex album that reveals more with each hearing. [Oct 2009, p.110]
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With Marr's chiming chords as a safety net, the uncompromising Cribs let their songs breathe, allowing for the intriguing introspection and languid vocals.
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While Ignore the Ignorant isn't perfect--Gary and Ryan Jarman's guileless vocals don't always jell with their slick surroundings--it is unquestionably some of the Cribs' most accomplished and diverse music.
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Ignore The Ignorant looks for escape into the US indie underground, "Last Year's Snow", "Cheat On Me" and "Nothing" sulkier than The Cribs we've come to know, reluctantly 'pop' dismissals rather than worried cures for a mainstream malaise The Cribs apparently regard as terminal.
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Outside of other fleet highlights ('Emasculate Me,' 'Victims Of Mass Production'), where all four members get streamlined enough to work up momentum, they often sound chunky in a way that suggests they haven’t fully integrated Marr’s lighter touch.
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They’re still an incredibly likeable band, unashamed of being rabble-rousing without ever resorting to lowest common denominator tactics, but The Cribs have toned down the things that made them great.
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