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Monday At The Hug & Pint - Arab Strap
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80 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critics What's this?

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9.0 out of 10

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  • Summary: The dour Glasgow-based duo of Aidan Moffat and Malcom Middleton return for their fifth studio album, with guest contributions from members of Bright Eyes and Mogwai.

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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. Playlouder
    90
    So few men have managed to touch our scabrous hearts in such a way. Cohen, Bukowski, Barrymore, Hulk, Waterman... Middleton, Moffat.
  2. Magnet
    90
    Monday is the greatest in a line of albums from a band that hopefuly has a few more years of screwing up and falling down on its itinerary. [#59, p.87]
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  3. All Music Guide
    60
    All the restless energy adds up to a few too many diversions.

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  1. Ryanc
    10
    Incredible. Arab Strap have found their coherency across an album, lyrical maturity and imaginatively warm songwriting amongst subject matters which display modern British culture more accurately than any present group.… Expand
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