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Oceans Apart - The Go-Betweens
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85 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 23 Critics What's this?

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8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 41 Ratings

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  • Summary: This is the third album in three years for the newly-reunited Australian duo of Grant McLennan and Robert Forster.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Mojo
    100
    A musical odyssey across a real and imagined landscape of mountains and cities, dreams and memories. [May 2005, p.95]
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  2. The Guardian
    100
    The air of two songwriters on rare form, confidently challenging each other to greater heights, is inescapable.
  3. cokemachineglow
    54
    The strategy is the same: start with a basic, inoffensive and unambitious melody, repeat it over and over again, toss on a few scatting horns (between three and five notes only, please, and let's keep dissonance to a minimum) and whatever other trinkets are in the studio, and voila! An instantly forgettable pop breeze.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 30
  3. Negative: 2 out of 30
  1. JamesR
    10
    Don't listen to David M, this is the best cd of the year so far. Not a dud on the whole cd, just a stellar group of songs.
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  2. PedroB
    4
    A few nice tracks but quite dull on the whole
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  3. JeremyG
    0
    When will this band sod off, and stop boring us with their p*ssweek take on intellectual music. They're lyrics are band, melodies non-existent. I'm from Australia where the Go-Betweens are from (Brisbane mind you, full of John Howard voting hicks) and I'm tired of radio stations playing this band ... mainly due this band's alleged past glories. G-Betweens get lost.… Expand
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