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Limbo, Panto - Wild Beasts
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79 out of 100

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8.9 out of 10

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  • Summary: The debut album for the indie rock quartet from Leeds.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. No Ripcord
    90
    Truly, Wild Beasts are those rarest of animals; true, untamed originals.
  2. Prefix Magazine
    85
    They owe nothing to a far-gone musical moment, nor can they be pigeonholed. Limbo, Panto may be one of 2008's most startlingly great debuts.
  3. Under The Radar
    60
    Wild Beasts have an art rock sensibility for sure, but these songs read like deranged fairy tales of clamoring male maturity. [Fall 2008, p.85]
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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. Rob.
    10
    A truly spectacular debut. Really haunting, extremely funny and so stylish. Just look at the song titles and you'll know you be in for one of the best albums of the year.… Expand
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  2. elduderino
    10
    A debut LP which has songs like His Grinning Skull and Woebegone Wanderers cannot be anything but extremely special. Beautiful record. If the songwriting wasn't enough, the lyrics are remarkably ornate and engaging, and somehow never pretentious or uppity. Worth getting into.… Expand
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