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MojoMusic For The People is a record that brims with weighty ambition. [April 2009]
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That's the problem with social realism, but the Enemy do their best to vary their sound and mode of address.
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Widescreen return from Jam wannabes.
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There's no escaping the fact that a good chunk of Music for the People trundles along facelessly, unredeemed even by singer Tom Clarke's dedication to the cause.
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Q MagazineAmbitious and heartfelt, Music For The People is the sound of a band caught between rock and a hard place. [May 2009, p.111]
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UncutThe Enemy's trademark enormity--not to mention their rampant tunefulness--lifts this out of the ladrock morass. [Jul 2009, p.86]
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The Enemy¹s second is weighed down with pomp and bluster.
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As ponderous as Music for the People can be, it does have some forward momentum, and it’s an undeniable improvement over "We’ll Live and Die in These Towns."
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While there are still a couple of Jam-like snarlers on album two, the aping of Oasis’ more bloated days sinks things quickly.
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Clarke is a genuinely talented songwriter, if rather earnest in his intentions, but in Music for The People he and his mates seem to have lost the plot.
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Despite the so-called grandiose statements of intent such as strings, pianos and soul-trained female backing vocalists, this is simply a case of mutton dressed as lamb and those lambs eventually being slaughtered.
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The truth is most of this new record is karaoke, too--it's just that, like their fans, the band are so desperate to mean something that they have the gall to call it 'new'.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 8
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Mixed: 0 out of 8
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Negative: 3 out of 8
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Aug 11, 2012