Sinners Never Sleep
by You Me at Six
  • Record Label: Virgin
  • Release Date: Jan 24, 2012
User Score
6.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 18
  3. Negative: 5 out of 18
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  1. DxnyBGlz
    Mar 19, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers. Is a great album! A nostalgic memory of my high school days in 2011, one of my favorite albums of all life, you me at six will always be one of my favorite bands… Collapse
  2. Doppliz
    Mar 12, 2017
    7
    This is, so far, probably the best album You Me At Six has ever done. But to judge, I prefer to do it with some retrospective. Since it should be noted that the previous 2 albums were, although good, quite generics. In this case, You Me At Six obtained the identity that they wish they had taken for more than one album.

    Still, the album does not bring anything to the table. Let's say    This is, so far, probably the best album You Me At Six has ever done. But to judge, I prefer to do it with some retrospective. Since it should be noted that the previous 2 albums were, although good, quite generics. In this case, You Me At Six obtained the identity that they wish they had taken for more than one album.

    Still, the album does not bring anything to the table. Let's say it's generic, but not in the same field as its predecessors. It's basically what you would expect from a Pop Punk band that has been in the media for years.

    It is good, but nothing out of the ordinary, is a simple search for a more marked identity, something to applaud, for the experimental of this. In addition, it escapes many times of the themes that You Me At Six uses. (Romantic)
    Especially for Loverboy, song that establishes a "narrative" along with a personage that the band calls "Loverboy", but that does not work very well like opening for the album.

    Best songs:
    1. Loverboy.
    2. Bite My Tongue.
    3. Little Death.
    4. Crash (You Me At Six have always been good at ballads. This is evident in Always Attract and Give).    … Expand
  3. Stoopy
    Aug 24, 2013
    5
    A more mature and well rounded effort in comparison to their other albums, unfortunately this album lacked character and true power in the songs. Singles can be easily distinguished as the album does lack depth throughout all the songs. Nice to see them avoid punk power chords like in Take off Your Colours but still wanted more!

    Top Songs! 1. No One Does it Better 2. Crash 3.    A more mature and well rounded effort in comparison to their other albums, unfortunately this album lacked character and true power in the songs. Singles can be easily distinguished as the album does lack depth throughout all the songs. Nice to see them avoid punk power chords like in Take off Your Colours but still wanted more!

    Top Songs!
    1. No One Does it Better
    2. Crash
    3. Bite My Tongue    … Expand
  4. Abbie95
    May 10, 2012
    10
    You Me At Six (for those of you that don't know) comprises of Josh Franceschi (vocals), Max Helyer (rhythm guitar, vocals), Christopher Miller (lead guitar), Matt Barnes (bass) and Daniel Flint (drums, percussion), and are a British rock band who formed back in 2004.

    Sinners Never Sleep (the band's third studio album) was released on October 3rd 2011, and reached number 3 in the Official    You Me At Six (for those of you that don't know) comprises of Josh Franceschi (vocals), Max Helyer (rhythm guitar, vocals), Christopher Miller (lead guitar), Matt Barnes (bass) and Daniel Flint (drums, percussion), and are a British rock band who formed back in 2004.

    Sinners Never Sleep (the band's third studio album) was released on October 3rd 2011, and reached number 3 in the Official UK Album Charts, which is much higher than their previous releases â    … Expand
  5. bazzelbrush21
    Feb 29, 2012
    8
    great album with great songs, the only thing i would say was lay of on all the a temps at shouting and screaming your music fine the way it is, crash and reckless are amazing tunes
  6. Utahpolis
    Jan 25, 2012
    1
    Totally devoid of any creative thought, this album is factory made for your local 'alternative/modern-rock' radio station. Bands like this are so formulaic I have to wonder if there is an algorithm somewhere that produces these songs. If so, Anonymous, would you mind destroying the computers responsible for this offense to rock?

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Q Magazine
    Jan 30, 2012
    60
    Replacing buoyant guitars and boy-girl dilemmas with dark themes of religion, parenthood and death, this [album] is a bridge to grittier material, albeit that with a glittering pop-rock handrail. [Nov 2011, p. 143]
  2. The Boston Phoenix
    Jan 24, 2012
    75
    Sinners Never Sleep is a transitional album, though such efforts rarely bode as well for the future as this does.
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  3. Alternative Press
    Nov 15, 2011
    60
    One can only wonder how Sinners Never Sleep would have fared had it been more consistent. [Nov 2011, p.98]
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