On The Outside
by Starsailor
Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Dot Music
    60
    Here, the band do what anyone suffering from a knock to their confidence does - they revert to the safety of what they know best.
  2. Mojo
    70
    Starsailor find themselves in danger of being lumped in with the much-maligned 'Keaneplay' school of emote-u-like guitar rock. Yet judged on their own merits they are still producing the goods. [Nov 2005, p.104]
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    They're a confident band, but the tragedy is they're at the top of someone else's game.
  5. Pitchfork
    47
    Like every jerk who reads an Orwell or Rand novel and walks around a few days with a chip on his/her shoulder, Starsailor play the self-righteous yet simplistic social critic.
  6. Q Magazine
    80
    A commanding return. [Nov 2005, p.131]
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  7. Uncut
    70
    A spirited response to their detractors. [Nov 2005, p.106]
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  8. Slant Magazine
    60
    Nothing on On The Outside is truly awful--it's just, well, good, which these days, isn't quite enough to get the attention of a well and truly fickle nation.
  9. Urb
    50
    Finds a band in utter denial of what is precisely its appeal. [Sep 2006, p.143]
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  10. Spin
    40
    Unleashes a torrent of bloated, if occasionally lovely, romantic anthems that aspire to cosmic insight, yet settle for greeting-card corn. [Sep 2006, p.112]
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  11. Prefix Magazine
    60
    By merely keeping up, they don't do much to separate themselves from the flock of young bands crossing the Atlantic -- again and again.

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User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. Rikardsen
    May 7, 2012
    6
    I would probably describe this as 'not bad', they sound like a band stuck in the 90s, cheap guitar effects with songs which aren't at all badI would probably describe this as 'not bad', they sound like a band stuck in the 90s, cheap guitar effects with songs which aren't at all bad but just seem to pass you by without making any impression. Its a shame as James Walsh has an outstanding voice and I think its what saves this album but Love Is Here is better.… Full Review »
  2. TiagoD.
    Jan 6, 2008
    10
    how can this album be bad? this album is the best album i've ever heard in my life!
  3. EddieJ.
    Sep 14, 2006
    3
    Well it's rather bad.
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