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Universal acclaim- based on 182 Ratings
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Positive: 158 out of 182
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Mixed: 14 out of 182
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Negative: 10 out of 182
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Feb 6, 2013
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Feb 10, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
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Jan 25, 2017The first half plays like a set of Loveless B-sides, so take that as you may. The second half, however, evolves into something new, and by the end of the album, your brain will be floating in a disoriented bliss.
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Feb 8, 2013
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Feb 7, 2013
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Feb 11, 2013An almost perfect near-masterpiece comeback album of the year-I tried to be realistic about it and not to expect miracle after all this time but this is even better than I hoped it would be.
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Feb 26, 2013I wish Talk Talk had come out of retirement instead. M B V sounds like Loveless with all the substance removed. I would review it in detail, but despite having listened five times I still couldn't say what it sounded like.
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Feb 8, 2013This is near-perfect album is full of the ethereal and dreamy goodness we can expect from My bloody Valentine, but it is also more dynamic and mercurial than previous efforts. I can only hope their next album is not released 22 years later. Is it as good as Loveless? I'm not sure, and that might be the greatest compliment I can give this album.
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Apr 16, 2013Beautiful! what can you say...
I wasnt even born when they start, but im so glad they're back
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Sep 21, 2016
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Feb 10, 2013Its just incredible how they can manage to stay fresh and original after a staggering 22 years. Great stuff here.
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Feb 12, 2013
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May 8, 2013The album is strong but not as strong as its ratings will have you believe. It will build you up over the first six tracks, give you the impression you are listening to a masterpiece, but by the final track you're somehow still waiting for a climax that came and went. It loses focus in its final three (of nine total) tracks. Loveless was consistent, amazingly so. 7.7/10
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Jan 24, 2014
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Feb 7, 2013
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Mar 25, 2013M B V. Superb and fresh. After 22 years, My Bloody Valentine are back and with a near-super record. By far, the good things are its strong songwriting. Definitely buy it. Go Now!
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Feb 8, 2013
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Feb 8, 2013As close to perfect as I can imagine. I just missed Loveless, caught up on a second hand cassette which I now realise wasn't stretched out. But I just missed it. Knees deep in pavement and nirvana in 92, saw them both live, and I feel this album, I feel every turn.
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Feb 20, 2013
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Feb 19, 2013
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Mar 1, 2013
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Jul 10, 2013
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Nov 12, 2013
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Jan 30, 2020MBV is an example how a veteran band can return its form and being relevant, beyond explore new territories such as groovy rhythm sections.
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Nov 16, 2013
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May 7, 2017The Gods of shoegazing returned. M B V may not be as good as Loveless, but decisively better than 99% of contemporary productions. Kevin Shields and company deliver yet another incredible hour of musical journey through the inner spaces of their own dark souls, which is not comparable to the most of albums released over the last twenty years.
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Jul 28, 2018The best comeback album of the decade. m b v is everything I'd hoped it would be, and more. Listening, you feel immersed in a landscape of colour and beauty. 10/10.
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Mar 14, 2020If this one would have been released back in mid/late 90's when it were supposed to be, perhaps the public 'd have appreciated this much more. Anyways most critics (and I) consider that it was a "astounding return" and a perfect follow-up to largely acclaimed "Loveless". Give it the time it deserve (like most hard to listen records or bands comebacks after a while).
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Dec 7, 2021El trabajo que más cariño le tengo junto a mi canción favorita "new you", si hubiera sido lanzada como se tenía planeada no sería el álbum más infravolarado de su carrera. Thi is better than loveless.
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May 21, 2023MBV is become my favourite shoegaze album, they never change the sound and the music give me feel like i'm turning back the time
Awards & Rankings
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 6, 2013MBV is no great leap forward, though it's still aeons ahead of its 21st century competition. [Apr 2013, p.98]
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MagnetApr 16, 2013The noise that's here is lovely, heartbreaking, expansive and raw. [No. 97, p.58]
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Mar 20, 2013The perfect album, albums with no filler, albums that when over, leave you breathless and don't inspire you to want more music from the band, but make you want to listen to the album from the start, all over again; m b v is that album.