Kicking The National Habit
- Grand National
- Band Name: Grand National
- Record Label: Sunday Best / Recall
- Release Date: Mar 14, 2006
- Summary: The London duo of Rupert Lyddon and Lawrence 'La' Rudd make their debut with this '80s-influenced album (reminiscent of everyone from New Order to the Police).
- Record Label: Sunday Best / Recall
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 14
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Mixed: 4 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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This is reggae-inflected rock filtered through Gorillaz-style genre restlessness. [31 Mar 2006, p.65]
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80A stripped-back stroll through the summer of the '80s. [Jun 2004, p.106]
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60It makes for a cool sound that might be too inoffensive at times but which grabs all the right places most of the time.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 11
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Mixed: 0 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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louelo4410I love it
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LaLa10Simply Astouding. If you like samrt pop, look no further.
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DCC10Very solid. Pop without the pop guilt. Recommended.
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