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72 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 31 Ratings

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  • Summary: Imagine the Arcade Fire dosed with happy pills, stocked with toy instruments and forced to score a musical about the 1980s, and you may start getting close to the idea of this eight-piece co-ed band from Melbourne, Australia. This second album follows recent tours with the likes of Death Cab For Cutie, David Byrne and Belle And Sebastian.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 26
  3. Negative: 2 out of 26
  1. Stylus Magazine
    91
    Like Blueberry Boat, this is a triumphant album of good bits.
  2. Uncut
    60
    Though straining at times under its rhapsodic pretensions, at its best it's an ambitious symphonic spree. [Oct 2005, p.100]
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  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    30
    It sounds like a cross between Off the Wall-era Michael Jackson without the soul, the Banana Splits, the Grease soundtrack and shitty disco records.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 23
  3. Negative: 1 out of 23
  1. calvinhobbes
    10
    One of my last favourite albums. And I think it will play for a long time on my dj sets.
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  2. JoeC
    5
    Worth a listen, but sometimes the sugar coating can get a bit annoying.
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  3. Oscar-
    2
    I am from Australia. I saw Architecture in Helsinki support Belle and Sebastian last year. They were terribe then, and this album is little better. Like an overgrown bunch of insecure high school teenagers. Maybe its important transition music for some people, but god, the reaction its getting youd think they were Jesus!… Expand
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