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Lost Riots - Hope Of The States
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69 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 17 Ratings

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  • Summary: Grand in scope, 'Lost Riots' is the debut disc for the UK band who are often described as falling somewhere between Coldplay and Godspeed You Black Emperor (wherever that might be). The band's guitarist, Jimmi Lawrence, took his own life shortly after the album was recorded.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. No Ripcord
    100
    From the outset, it is clear that this album is a triumph.... An album of great beauty, potential and emotional involvement.
  2. ShakingThrough.net
    92
    This most confident debut presents Hope of the States as a band for the future -- a place it'll most likely find very comfortable.
  3. Q Magazine
    60
    A tricky, pretentious balancing act that's mostly charismatic and only occasionally hard work. [Jul 2004, p.116]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
  1. TomMy
    10
    None of this 'first half good, second half weak' rubbish... Or vice versa. The entire album is genius. Sure, it's raw. But it's got real depth, which is lacked in 'Left', the good-but-not-brilliant follow-up. Inspired and out of the ordinary, with emotional music matched by heartfelt vocals, this album deserved so much more success than it achieved.… Expand
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  2. CraigS
    10
    Sometimes you can only really judge the quality of an album by giving it time. Hope of the Stes fall into this category. Radiohead and Bloc Party are other examples.Quite simply, this Lost Riots is brilliant. There are no bad tracks and most are outstanding. Surely the most underated band of the past couple of years. I bought the CD when it was first released and now 16 months later I enjoy it just as much. A classic!!… Expand
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  3. kostasx
    2
    very lame
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