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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.
- Record Label: Yep Roc
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 23
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Mixed: 1 out of 23
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Negative: 0 out of 23
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MojoA musical odyssey across a real and imagined landscape of mountains and cities, dreams and memories. [May 2005, p.95]
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Robert's songs more tuneful in their maturity, Grant's more atmospheric, they punch 'em all up to make a stronger impression than on their comeback album.
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Entertainment WeeklyThey remain one of rock's most pleasurable hand-me-down discoveries. [29 Apr 2005, p.148]
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MagnetTheir best record since reuniting. [#68, p.95]
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UncutThe band sounds re-energised by an idea of the city, the marketplace, pop ambition. [May 2005, p.102]
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Oceans Apart is the album that fans have been waiting for, the one that brings back the flawless production of their early releases and the cynical/idealistic tradeoff in Forster and McLennan’s songwriting.
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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.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 25 out of 31
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Mixed: 4 out of 31
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Negative: 2 out of 31
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dretekMay 13, 2005wow consistently delivers
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RebeccaMJun 21, 2005Good to the marrow.
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Oct 7, 2015This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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BJMay 8, 2005Possibly their best album of their career, an amazing return to form.
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HamishWJun 6, 2005The best of the reformed G-Bs albums by some distance and almost back to the brilliance of Liberty Belle etc
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StevenPMay 12, 2005Return to form after a couple of weaker albums.
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MikeLMay 5, 2005sucks
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