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- Summary: The third album for the British rock group was produced with Jon Brion and Stuart Price.
- Record Label: Interscope
- Genre(s): Rock, Pop, Alternative
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Top Track
Spiralling | |
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Ohh! Ohh! I'm waiting for my moment to come I'm waiting for the movie to begin I'm waiting for a revelation I'm waiting for someone to count me... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 16
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Mixed: 8 out of 16
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Negative: 1 out of 16
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As rock goes, Symmetry remains a relatively quiet riot, but in the context of the band itself, it's a welcome revelation.
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Q MagazineIt's one of the least boring records you'll hear this year. [Nov 2008, p.108]
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It is a surprise and a thrill to hear that even as the band enters its "artsy" phase--expanding its instrumental palette to include mewling saws and clattering percussion--the songs remain uniformly excellent from stem to stern.
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While this isn't the daring brave leap forward that was whispered about when Spiralling was released, it will no doubt prove another multi-million seller for the trio from Battle.
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It's ambitious, triumphantly executed stuff--melodically, lyrically, Tim Oxley-Rice is a vastly superior songsmith to Chris Martin--and will doubtless shortly be inescapable. But you can't shake the dispiriting feeling it might have all been expressly commissioned by Dave Cameron for the opening night of London 2012.
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Unfortunately, Perfect Symmetry is an album characterized by its heavy-handedness, so while it sounds as though the band was aiming for Echo & the Bunnymen, they hit Duran Duran or Simple Minds instead, making for a brand new record that often sounds badly dated.
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Musically, they’ve ripped off swathes of things contemporary and popular to make them ‘hip’, but it just feels like some dodgy old guy at a bus stop telling you he digs Klaxons.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 33 out of 36
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Mixed: 1 out of 36
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Negative: 2 out of 36
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Sep 30, 2010
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RachealKJan 7, 2009
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MarioA.Oct 16, 2008This album es amazing! you can see how the band are envolving in this new and fresh sound. I love it!
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Jun 13, 2015
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AndréBNov 27, 2008Very good album. Incredibly different from the other 2 first good ones, but that is not a bad thing. Here, different means creative.
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MattGJan 5, 2009
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dougtAug 1, 2009
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