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Universal acclaim- based on 61 Ratings
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Positive: 58 out of 61
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Mixed: 3 out of 61
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Negative: 0 out of 61
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Apr 12, 2013'Available' and 'Sugar Wife' are two of the best songs of the year. The best National album along with Boxer.
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Mar 29, 2012
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JonnyR.Jul 13, 2008'Sugar Wife' and 'Patterns Of Fairytales' are manifest fillers and disrupt the fluidity of the album. "Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers" is one of the best albums of 2003
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DavidR.Jul 11, 2008Tremendous lyrics, especially on the first track. Some of the tunes get a little bland near the middle but overall it's understated brilliance that takes a little while to "get".
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CollinWJul 26, 2007Especially when considering the more polished sound of their later albums, Sad Songs is a refreshingly raw and real album. If you can listen to it without becoming intoxicated by Berninger's lullabys, then you need to have your ears checked. 10/10
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GuyHApr 12, 2007The first three songs, 'Thirsty' and 'Lucky You' are all top notch and if the rest of an equally high standard I'd give this album a 10. Unfortunately the other songs, while perfectly good, never quite reach the same heights.
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tompMar 29, 2005one of my favorite albums ever. tremendous depth and range.
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patricksMar 20, 2005A cracking album full of heartbroken songs. The range and style of music on this album is breathtaking. This is mood music that you'll want to hear over and again. Will appeal to fans of the Czars.
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NunoPFeb 17, 2005Absolutely brilliant. Definetily one of the best albuns i ever heard in my entire life.
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josephbSep 1, 2004loving it
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Awards & Rankings
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Plunging into the desperate erotica of their Leonard Cohen-meets-Joy Division world, this Brooklyn quintet sounds both decadent and deprived when brooding about betrayal, lust, even their snappy new outerwear ("Fashion Coat").
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The record floats a Leonard Cohen-Robert Smith vibe or two, but references fail this outfit.
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To the extent that it falls prey to unnecessary pseudo-sophistication, Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers comes off weak; to the extent that it maintains its own musical niche within the shattered-lover trope, Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers makes the shopworn surprisingly compelling.