Razorlight
by Razorlight
  • Record Label: Mercury
  • Release Date: Aug 22, 2006
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 18
  3. Negative: 3 out of 18
  1. Q Magazine
    100
    In its progress from raw ambition to actual intent, this mirrors U2's great leap forward from Boy and October to War. [Aug 2006, p.108]
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  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    It's a soulful, romantic album about what happens when the lights come up at the end of the night and life smacks you in the face.
  3. Observer Music Monthly
    80
    Razorlight have dropped the urgency and brashness of indie-disco floor-fillers like 'Rip it Up' and traded it for the boldness of tracks such as 'Somewhere Else'. It isn't easy to graduate from teenage bedrooms to coffee-table status without compromising on credibility, but the quartet have managed it somehow.
  5. The Guardian
    80
    [It] touches on everything great about classic, epic rock from the past 30 years.
  6. The A.V. Club
    75
    Razorlight ultimately has more in common with Wham! than The Jam, and Bay City Rollers more than The Strokes. But the band can write a hook.
  7. Spin
    70
    [Razorlight] give post-Strokes neo-garage rock a tidy soul makeover. [Sep 2006, p.111]
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  8. AllMusic
    70
    They make honest indie rock for those looking for a solid, good song. There's no frills, no fancy production, just the purity of these songs.
  9. Austin Chronicle
    67
    Razorlight shoots from the hip noticeably more immediate than the group's more manicured 2004 debut.

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#76 Most Shared Album of 2006

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User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 38 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 38
  3. Negative: 12 out of 38
  1. nathanbo
    Mar 31, 2016
    0
    There are song that are extremely catchy and and have really interesting classic rock type influences. I think the world needs more bands likeThere are song that are extremely catchy and and have really interesting classic rock type influences. I think the world needs more bands like this. They have a good sound. Just listen to Kirby's House that song is awesome. This album also has my fourth favorite song called America. The biggest problem I have with it is that it ends in a very terrible and boring note kinda like the rest of the album. I listened this for the the first time In The Morning and in put me to sleep. You are probably thinking Hold On It appeared you liked this album! Let me settle this notion by stating this was one of the worst alternative albums I have ever listened to. Before I Fall To Pieces thinking about this atrocity I would like to warn you to stay away from this album at all costs. Even at the best moments it can feel like an ordinary Pop song 2006 pumped out. Looking Back To The Start of the album I think it has one of the worst beginnings to an album I can remember. Its just void of fun. A band that could have a Golden Touch of brilliance is wasted by soft sounding filth.… Full Review »
  2. Ricko
    Apr 23, 2012
    8
    The follow up to Up All Night, their eponymous second album has less rough edges and the hit single "America" was a clear statement of intentThe follow up to Up All Night, their eponymous second album has less rough edges and the hit single "America" was a clear statement of intent that the band wanted to make a transition from Indie club band to stadium fillers. The album is very strong but at times it does have a contrived feel about it. At 10 tracks, it's short, sweet and too the point. The first 6 tracks are far stronger than the 2nd half and I feel the record loses momentum once you pass the brilliant "I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got".… Full Review »
  3. GabiP.
    May 10, 2007
    10
    Thank god Razorlight have grown up a bit.. a far better second album, their first still lingering in teenage angst (groan... cliche etc...) Thank god Razorlight have grown up a bit.. a far better second album, their first still lingering in teenage angst (groan... cliche etc...) Bubbling with excellent melodies and likeability, it was the best album of 2006, er, along with Lilly Allen and Joanna Newsome. A mix of Talking Heads 77, Violent Femmes in their fresh, playful way. The difficult second album is a timeless classic. 10/10… Full Review »
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