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79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 23 Ratings

  • Summary: They might sound Britpop (and at the very least, a bit like The Smiths), but this collective led by Murray Lightburn hails from Montreal, Canada. This is their second album and first U.S. release.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Spin
    91
    There isn't a tune on No Cities Left, the Dears' gorgeous second album, that's not pitched at a minor state of emergency. [Jan 2005, p.99]
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  2. Tiny Mix Tapes
    90
    Sad music has never sounded so uplifting.
  3. Filter
    86
    An astoundingly complex, deeply evocative pop record. [#13, p.98]
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  4. Stylus Magazine
    75
    There’s a bit too much flab on No Cities Left for it to be the truly great album it aspires to be.
  5. Drowned In Sound
    70
    [An] intense and epic album.
  6. Q Magazine
    70
    Can be summed up succinctly: Damon Albarn sings The Smiths. [Nov 2004, p.130]
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  7. The A.V. Club
    50
    There's a strange, almost perfectly equatorial divide between five largely stunning songs, and six that might shine brighter in lesser company. As arranged, it's jarringly half-brilliant and half-blah.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Electric_Face
    Mar 29, 2011
    10
    This is what got me into the expansive and constantly-impressive realm of Canadian indie rock, and I can't think of anything better to startThis is what got me into the expansive and constantly-impressive realm of Canadian indie rock, and I can't think of anything better to start such an intrepid appreciation. Gold Star Murray Lightburn.… Expand
  2. Hein
    Apr 30, 2006
    10
    Briljant album full of passion.
  4. TomJ
    Jun 29, 2006
    10
    amazing
  5. danielh
    Dec 25, 2004
    9
    lost in the plot alone is worth the admission. the best single the smiths never recorded
  6. StephenC
    Jan 31, 2005
    9
    'No Cities Left' is an album for the old romantic. Its not the most pleasing to the ear at first but once listend to there is a 'No Cities Left' is an album for the old romantic. Its not the most pleasing to the ear at first but once listend to there is a hidden beauty that need to be nurtured by the ear drum. But once its in there it sticks and the great lyrics are evident. 'Lost in The Plot' is the finest moment on the album and strangely enough seems to be an odd track, but ia all works and will be (I FEEL) a lost classic album. Brilliant!… Expand
  7. iwantobeahorse
    Jan 14, 2005
    9
    A rewarding album
  8. Cate
    Oct 29, 2004
    8
    Takes a few listens, but develops into an overall good album

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#90 Best Album of 2004

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