• Record Label: Nettwerk
  • Release Date: Jul 28, 2009
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 16
  2. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Radio Wars demands its listeners heed that siren song, and it's truthfully hard to resist.
  2. Based solely on its musical sensibilities and lyricism one couldn’t say Radio Wars was a more mature effort than its predecessor. But given that it indicates its creators’ comfort in their being, it certainly sounds grown up.
  3. Sometimes wars are won with persistence and numbers alone, after all. And in any case, when you're cruising along in a pleasure craft as nice and reliable as this one, it's all right to tread a little water.
  4. A gorgeous, swoonsome album that electrifies and stimulates in all the right places.
  5. Too often on Radio Wars, velvet-voiced singer Juanita Stein seems content to hover around a handful of notes, and that makes it hard to distinguish this stuff from similarly styled fare by the Duke Spirit or Doves.
  6. Mojo
    80
    For Radio Wars, producer Dan Grech-Marguerat has opened out their sound, but the atmosphere of intrigue remains. [Apr 2009, p.98]
  7. Uncut
    80
    A palatial record. [Mar 2009, p.89]
User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Roberts
    Jul 30, 2009
    5
    Not half as good as their debut album. Adequate but forgettable.
  2. AJTF
    Jul 29, 2009
    5
    There's already one Metric.
  3. FredR.
    Jul 28, 2009
    6
    Saw them open for Snow Patrol and Coldplay in Vancouver and they were excellent. This album is very disappointing compared to their live set. Saw them open for Snow Patrol and Coldplay in Vancouver and they were excellent. This album is very disappointing compared to their live set. The band rocks much harder and is edgier live. Full Review »