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67 out of 100

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7.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: The second album for the Australian indie-pop rock band was produced by Dan Grech-Marguerat.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Mojo
    80
    For Radio Wars, producer Dan Grech-Marguerat has opened out their sound, but the atmosphere of intrigue remains. [Apr 2009, p.98]
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  2. Drowned In Sound
    60
    All in all though, Radio Wars is disappointingly average; pleasant but fairly forgettable, and in contrast to its misleading title, should really have been named Radio Friendly instead.
  3. Dot Music
    60
    There exists a plodding, phoned-in emotional evenness here which, for a band trading on matters of the soul, is a big problem and one that will stop them entering the arenas those strings were employed for.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. jamesa
    10
    F*cking stunning.... more people need to HEAR for themselves.
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  2. HalT
    10
    Spectacular follow-up to their debut album.
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  3. Roberts
    5
    Not half as good as their debut album. Adequate but forgettable.
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