Man-Made - Teenage Fanclub
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Metascore

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critics What's this?

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Universal acclaim- based on 22 Ratings

  • Summary: The first studio album in five years for the Scottish rockers was produced by Tortoise's John McEntire.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 27
  2. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Here is an album with all-new complexity, unforseen depth and many delightful hidden layers.
  2. 80
    A classic Fannies record with scant regard for prescribed notions of cool. [Jun 2005, p.104]
  3. You may need to spend a little more time getting to know the Fanclub these days, but without any clutter you get closer, deeper, right to the very heart of it all - emotionally and musically.
  4. Ultimately, the album is weighed down by its very gentleness. [30 Apr 2005, p.64]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. JPNesker
    10
    This record makes my top 3 of 2005, along with "Plans" by Death Cab, "Some Cities" by doves, and "Illinoise" by Sufjan Stevens...anyone who isn't moved by the peerless pop genius of Norman, Raymond, and Gerald has no musical soul...nuff said. Expand
  2. NDBrown
    8
    A beautiful, moving, almost trancendent album. The minimalistic production allows the warmth of the melodies and harmonies to come through, and 'It's All In My Mind', 'Cells' and 'Only With You' must be some of the best songs of the year. Expand
  3. [Anonymous]
    7
    This is an improvement over the half-baked Howdy but still not their best batch of songs - nowhere near as good as Grand Prix or Songs From Nothern Britain. Expand
  4. ShawnG
    4
    Agree with the NME and EW: a drowsy affair. Hey, if this is supposed to be a brilliant pop album, where the heck are the great melodies?

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