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Universal acclaim- based on 47 Ratings
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Positive: 43 out of 47
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Mixed: 3 out of 47
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Negative: 1 out of 47
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DanEMay 29, 2006Simply immense. Perfect sunny pop to soundtrack the summer and leaves me smiling every time i hear it. It's Never Been Like That is one of the albums of the summer.
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kevinkJul 2, 2006Phoenix started as a guilty pleasure - pop with a delicious twist. Like all my favourite things this last album took time but the investment paid off. They've got a heart and lives worth knowing.
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hellomeMay 30, 2006It's really good!
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SeamusSSep 20, 2006An inescapably catchy album filled with some of the most brillaint and fast hooks in my knowledge of contemporary pop. The album flows without one week track, paced out beautifully without filler. The second best album of 2006 by far.
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ShaneLOct 20, 2006I just came across this bank on XM Radio, XMU. I can't quit listening to it, and its the first time a cd's been good enough to buy off i-pod just because I can't wait to get to the store. I love cool new music, just rare to find anything mainstream anymore.
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mikeyjJul 26, 2006A perfect pop-rock album. The best of this genre (thus far) in 2006. It's outright anthems grab you initially... but it's the less immediate and more patient tracks that reap the most reward later on. No guilt pour moi.
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ChrisAug 22, 2006Their best work since United, this is an album by a band truly maturing both as songwriters and musicians. They rely a lot less on studio trickery and pull off a confident live act feel.
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DorianGreyMay 28, 2006Fantastic, although, like the best power-pop, it has no staying power...it'll give you three solid days of fun, though, and then, a few months from now, another couple of days of bliss, and so on...not the record of the year by any means, but a fine effort from a band I had consigned to a few brilliant tracks and two lackluster LP's
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keniyJun 25, 2006
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AmandaRMay 25, 2006Loved it, but really missed the funk, then got over it and loved it again :D Rock out Phoenix if it makes you happy!
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mattaJun 16, 2006This is a solid pop rock album. Nothing more. If you want something deep and good, check out Beirut or Sunset Rubdown. These are albums with serious staying power. But as far as just a good, catchy summer album goes-this is great stuff. People who say otherwise are just trying to hard to be cool.
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AlexAJul 27, 2006This album should've been recorded by The Strokes right after the success of their "Is This It". It would have been a perfect sequel! However, Phoenix made it and it sounds simply great. The parish boys
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AndyAug 22, 2006I dig it, but its nothing we havn't heard before.
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This is the sort of record you’re gonna put on when the sun’s shining and you just need some good old pop-rock.
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Under The RadarPhoenix still hasn’t overcome the faults of their previous efforts. [#14]
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Q MagazineIf It's Never Been Like That sees them rocking out by their own standards, they're still a sweat-free prospect by most others. [Jun 2006, p.118]