Never Trust a Happy Song
by Grouplove
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Sep 13, 2011
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
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Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. PopMatters
    Oct 6, 2011
    50
    For every song on Never Trust that's listenable, there's an equally unlistenable counterpart.
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  2. AllMusic
    Sep 30, 2011
    70
    Ultimately, Grouplove's Never Trust a Happy Song is a cohesive if ramshackle crowd-pleaser, full of melodic double-lead vocals, handclaps, ringing electric guitars, and staccato synth parts that tips a hat to '80s dance-rock while still retaining the band's obvious love of experimental '60s folk-rock.
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  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Sep 29, 2011
    20
    The more you listen, the worse it gets.
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