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Universal acclaim- based on 25 Ratings
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Positive: 23 out of 25
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Mixed: 1 out of 25
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Negative: 1 out of 25
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LouiseLApr 5, 2005Absolutely fantastic, best album ever!
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monicaqMar 31, 2005the best ever?
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TanyaApr 23, 2005Amazing. Different from previous albums, but it makes this one great.They've shown that they are still in form. This is the great comeback.There is something that makes you want to listen to this album all the time, again and again... Brilliant lyrics and Kelly Jones's voice wonderful as always. I just love it!
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arianagMar 31, 2005excellent comeback, great bit and drummer...
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RossJApr 11, 2005Absolutely fucking amzing. Love It.
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CaptainKirkApr 19, 2005Great raw, British guitar sound with a warm fuzzy feeling. Stumbled onto these guys recently and really like this album. Much better than what reviewers are saying!
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lordlordMar 31, 2005A dramatic departure from last rather dense and often dull album, fresh, invigorating and great for playing loud. Superman for example is heavy, simple and about very little but it SOUNDS brilliant. And clearly with a single like Dakota going in at no.1 in the charts, this album is only really lacking in filler.
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MarcD.Apr 16, 2005You'll sing out loud to this big, dark, crazy rock fest. Its hauntingly beautiful and seems to blast through in a myriad of colours.
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ScottAJul 19, 2006
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NorthFreedomFighterApr 10, 2005The best Phonics to date, it's bolder, edgier, and better crafted. You could tell they don't give a fuck anymore at what critics or anyone else has been saying about them. They're now off to do their own thing (which at times sounds like other people's things), but for the most part they've crafted their own angry and partially beautiful works.
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musicfanMay 17, 2005An overall improvement on their last effort with more energy and the odd great track. However lyrically terrible
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JManMay 3, 2005the stereophonics are the british crap equivalent to american crap-rock bands like Creed. This album sucks pretty hard, which of course means its chart-topping stuff. I hope they like their paychecks.
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A darkly, slathering record of frustration and disillusionment, “Language. Sex. Violence. Other?" may, in time, even come to be seen as one of the true masterpieces of the noughties guitar revival.
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New Musical Express (NME)An excellent modern rock record. Dense, intelligent, user-unfriendly and challenging. [12 Mar 2005, p.57]
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Stereophonics have in effect 'done a U2', packing in the arena-filling songs but with added AOR. Elements of rock dinosaurs such as ELO, Chicago and Fleetwood Mac all crop up over the course of 11 songs.