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Universal acclaim- based on 70 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 63 out of 70
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Mixed: 5 out of 70
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Negative: 2 out of 70
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May 10, 2020Okay. Let's try not be too hyperbolic. This is truly a masterpiece. And I really can't give more than 4 albums a 10. Didn't like it at first? Try again, trust me. Give yourself a dark room and submit.
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Jul 30, 2016Really disappointing compared to their previous albums! The spark of brilliance has been lost, the songs don't translate well live either, poor show and a shame
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Apr 24, 2014
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Apr 16, 2014
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Mar 28, 2014Present Tense is a bit drifted here and there, but the confident and enlivened vocal performances of this bands most electronic based album to date casts strong feelings and thoughts that this could possibly be their best album to date, if not, then the build up to something far more spectacular.
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Mar 23, 2014Wow. An 8 out of 10. Out of this writing, it's the lowest review of this album. I have consistently come back to it ever since I downloaded it, and am willing to just let it run through the entire thing because it is so solid throughout. Listening to it speeds up time for me, as the lead singer has a particularly engrossing voice.
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Mar 23, 2014
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Mar 16, 2014Wild Beasts never cease to amaze me. They produce music unlike any other band out there at the moment and this album is no different - brilliantly unique.
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Mar 12, 2014Present Tense is excellence, a brilliant record with complex lyrics, cleaner and stronger vocals and of course beautiful music, it's one of the best albums of this astounding year.
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Mar 7, 2014Very interesting indie rock music, accompanied by great lyrics and calming vocals. My favorite tracks are: Mecca, Daughters, A Simple Beautiful Truth, A Dog's Life, Past Perfect, and Palace.
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Feb 25, 2014
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Feb 25, 2014This is almost perfect! I thought it was impossible to make something better than "Smother" (Their previous one) but I) was wrong. This album means a very possitive evolution.
Will they make anything better for the 5th album? Now the top is high so it's difficult to say!
Awards & Rankings
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Mar 31, 2014Perhaps their most impressive, consistent and varied offering to date.
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Mar 7, 2014The way Wild Beasts can’t seem to play a bum note or place a single syllable in the wrong verse, makes Present Tense one of the most quietly exhilarating albums in recent memory, and all the more so for using its evocative power to unsettle and seduce in equal measure.
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Mar 3, 2014Present Tense possesses a complexity that's not so calculated, focusing on the passage of music rather than layer upon layer of sound. Its 11 synth-drenched tracks are more bare than those on Smother, but they move much more fluidly, their liquiform seduction establishing a contrast with the band's ominous lyrics.