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Generally favorable reviews- based on 35 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 24 out of 35
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Mixed: 8 out of 35
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Negative: 3 out of 35
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Oct 26, 2011Do not listen to the critics. There is a reason this band play sell out shows and this is it. Totally immense. The album starts strong and it ends strong, it just never lets up. A must have.
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Mar 3, 2011Strong, mature album. Most of the songs are single material, but there are also a couple of misses, unfortunately. Overall a great follow up to the debut.
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Jan 22, 2011
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May 31, 2011"Ritual" is a great second album for the trio from Shepherd's Bush known as White Lies. It continues to bring the anthemic, stadium sounding noise, combined with soul lifting rock, which makes for fantastic listening. This band are certainly on their way to greatness
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Jan 22, 2011Not as good as TLML but definitely not that bad!
so track by track:
Is love? - boring from the start but then it shows as one of the album's highlights
strangers - catchy but unoriginal and repetitive
bigger than us - great choice for first single one of better songs -
Aug 11, 2019People know what to expect with White Lies. "Ritual" fits in nicely with the rest of their discography. Another solid and satisfying listen. Not as many standout tracks as on other albums by them but overall this is a well put together and very well produced set of songs.
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Aug 19, 2013A reasonable album, but not as good as the first album, The album seems to be missing a really decent tune that To Lose My Life had with Death. Overall though it's not as bad as the critics say.
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Apr 30, 2014Sadly, not their best work, although scattered with some great songs. I feel the band left their signature sound heard on TLML, thankfully rekindled on their third album 'Big TV'. 'Better Than Us' an incredible song.
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Aug 25, 2012
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MojoApr 4, 2011The album delivers on the promise. {Feb 2011, p.104]
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Feb 18, 2011Ritual is an enthralling album, highlighting a band flexing their musical muscles, trying to grow and add new sounds to their existing palette.
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Q MagazineFeb 1, 2011The Ealing doom merchants come of age. [Feb. 2011, p. 110]