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Universal acclaim- based on 38 Ratings
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Positive: 35 out of 38
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Mixed: 3 out of 38
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Negative: 0 out of 38
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Oct 27, 2014
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DaveDSep 10, 2009Absolutely outstanding album. Brimming with beautiful imagery and stunning settings, the album has a real epic quality.
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TJSOct 15, 2007An excellent album. More mellow than their first effort, but more mature as well. The song "Please Stand Up" should have had major play on radio stations all across the world. And the world would have been a better place because of it. A shame it didn't happen. Look forward to their next release.
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SeamusSApr 7, 2006A Beautiful Kind Of Effort That Lifts You Away From Where Ever You Are. Alive Beautiful Amazing
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BoLAug 25, 2005Not Great, not bad. Some songs really seem to fly you to other worlds (Please Stand Up, Be Gone). Others (To Go To Sleep, ...Find My Way Home) seem to stagnate in their own north sea water. This album reminds me too much of the way below average albums by The Soundtrack of Our Lives.
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honzauJul 2, 2005Excellent album!! Smooth, melodic, mellow, poppy, sometimes nicely calm, just awesome.
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DoubtingThomasJun 3, 2005A great young band who carry forward the spirit once exuded by Brit pop stalwarts Echo & The Bunnymen, Julian Cope, and The Smiths.
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PauloDJun 2, 2005the album have a variety of influences from beatles, david bowie mixed with modern britpop but the songs don't have personality and the "indie" feel this efort have it can make you bored of this band.
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davemMay 31, 2005What a great second album, rounded and bulked up the sound of there music, which is a nice exstension to their music.stand out tracks -first 4 and the last 7! great - north hanging rock what a beaut
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jimmypMay 13, 2005fuck yeah!!!!!
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LAApr 29, 2005excellent from start to end
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MusicMavenApr 12, 2005
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DavidGApr 8, 2005Quality album - trying to be different to "the decline of...", which is appreciated. "Please stand up" and "The land beyond" are highlights for me at the moment.
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MichaelAApr 7, 2005
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AramisGApr 7, 2005A lot of people complain that many of these
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JakeFApr 7, 2005It's the greatest work of art since......... the last BSP album!
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JohnRApr 6, 2005Doesn't quite reach their first record, this one still has a handful of stellar tracks. A little samey through the middle third, but a solid disc nonetheless.
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ChrisCApr 5, 2005They are good at writing nice pop-rock sounds, but they don't really stand out in any particular way. And the fact that the instrumentation sounds like Coldplay doesn't help that fact, since Coldplay writes better songs over that music.
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PeterDApr 5, 2005I just hate anyone that doesn't like this album. They have no soul.
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LaurenHApr 4, 2005This is a fantastic, near-perfect follow up. Larsen B!
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DuffManApr 4, 2005An album of explicit beauty.
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donnayfooApr 4, 2005Having been listening the leaked album for weeks I can say that this is a very subtle album. It sounds very samey at first but after a few weeks of listening, like all good albums its many intricate hooks grab hold of you.
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D.S.Apr 4, 2005Excellent sophomore album. Anyone who's a fan of atmospheric, intelligent, slightly unsettling rock should check this band out. Far more passionate and energizing than most of their peers and far more interesting than those other Brit bands we're told to love (Franz, Bloc, Kaiser et al).
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KumikoRApr 4, 2005I've just listened this once and a bit dissapointed because even though this is a good album it lacked the impact of the first album. Personally I prefer the songs like "Please Stand Up" and "North Hanging Rock" as they successfully recreate the atmosphere of The Decline, which made the band so special. In comparison to those, opening songs sound too pop & easy-listening.
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It’s a good record, and doesn’t try to recreate The Decline, but it doesn’t manage to capture its energy, fear and grandeur.
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The first few songs are so jaw-slackeningly great, it can take days to get to the album's highlight, the epic eight-minute medley of "Please Stand Up" and "North Hanging Rock."
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It's a triumphant lesson in sweeping gracefully towards the mainstream with your imagination and mystery intact.