Primary Colours - The Horrors
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  • Summary: The second album for the British rock band was produced by Portishead's Geoff Barrow.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. The Horrors instead set out to redefine the band and its purpose, their second album an exciting result.
  2. 100
    If The Horrors began as a Halloween novelty, Primary Colours is like a twisted ending right out of the Twilight Zone--a hype beast that turned out to be a real monster.
  3. 60
    The result boasts an admirably moody menace, but lacks the debut's darkly comic drive.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Primary Colours is the best album I have heard the past few years. It combines elements of shoegaze with Joy Division, creating a brooding, brilliant atmosphere that I never tire of. Expand
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  2. album of the year. excellent production. tracks range from rage to melancholy. Influences shine through but never overtake the band. Stand out tracks include Scarlet Fields, Only Think Of You, Three Decades, Sea Within a Sea. Expand
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  3. JoeS
    7
    This is a very good album, and there's no denying they have made a large progression with this release. Still, I miss the sound of Strange House. It was just so much fun. I almost feel like they have given up a part of their identity by letting go of the organ. It's like Jethro Tull without the flute, you know? Overall this is a solid album, but it wasn't quite "horrific" enough for me. Expand
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