Let's Get Out Of This Country
by Camera Obscura
  • Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Jun 6, 2006
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Dusted Magazine
    40
    Yet for all its surface appeal, the record has a curiously soulless quality, a lack of vulnerability and humanity that undercuts most of its songs.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    If 'Let's Get Out Of This Country' was a person, you would want to hug it until its big doe-eyes popped out. [10 Jun 2006, p.41]
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  3. Q Magazine
    60
    At times the '60s girl-group feel can prove grating, but there's enough here to suggest a future beyond the indie ghetto. [Jul 2006, p.112]
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  5. Stylus Magazine
    50
    Tracyanne Campbell has a glassy, gorgeous voice, but it’s also a curiously inexpressive one. When she’s left to carry less than strong songs alone, they suffer as a result.
  6. The Guardian
    60
    Campbell's voice is a gorgeously mellifluous one, aching at the heart of Country Mile, but sweetness gets monotonous, and the album could do with more jolts of bitter energy, like Lloyd and If Looks Could Kill, to liven it up.

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26
  1. EludiumQ36
    Aug 11, 2018
    10
    This is the album that really sold me on Camera Obscura, and what an album! Every song is a favorite! That's simply amazing! Love their sound,This is the album that really sold me on Camera Obscura, and what an album! Every song is a favorite! That's simply amazing! Love their sound, their lyrics, their imagery, and the feeling the music inspires.… Full Review »
  2. Darnell
    Jun 26, 2007
    9
    Tops! This album has been in heavy rotation for almost a year now. That says a lot! Sweet, sad, longing. Great.
  3. gstar
    Mar 19, 2007
    9
    Extremely enjoyable, easy listening that somehow sounds unique. I love it!
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