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In The Clear - Ivy
  • Band Name: Ivy
  • Record Label: Nettwerk
  • Release Date: Mar 1, 2005
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73 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critics What's this?

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9.0 out of 10

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  • Summary: The trio (which includes Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger) return with their first new album in four years, produced by Steve Osborne.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. E! Online
    83
    The sophisticated retro-pop sound, dreamy melodies and soft electronic beats of Ivy do more to further international relations than any George W. Bush visit could ever hope to.
  2. Mojo
    80
    It finds the group's estimable strengths consolidated as never before. [Jun 2005, p.112]
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  3. Blender
    60
    Textured mood music. [Apr 2005, p.119]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. KarlH
    10
    Classic Ivy. Why isn't this band more well known?!
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  2. MelodieM
    9
    Mixes the great pop sound of Apartment Life with the lovely dreaminess of Long Distance. Definitly my favorite Ivy record to date. The orchestration on this record is beautiful.… Expand
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  3. VinceH.
    7
    Have been a huge Ivy fan for years now, wearing out my "Long Distance" and "Aparrment Life". Having kept myself busy with side projects like Brookville, it's great to have a new album from this excellent and highly underrated group. These guys crafted some of the smartest and catchiest pop music of the 90's, yet the majority of people have no idea about them. This is a decent album at best. Dominique Durand still sounds great and these guys know how to write great pop songs, but this album is less of the soft, delicate, french-type pop I loved, and is a bit more dancier, fastier, some songs here sound like they could be taken off a St. Etienne album. Ivy fans will love it, but newcomers should get Apartment Life and go from there.… Expand
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