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Universal acclaim- based on 37 Ratings
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Positive: 32 out of 37
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Mixed: 3 out of 37
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Negative: 2 out of 37
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BrianOct 3, 2007Best album I've heard this year. Kevin drew, and broken social scene, continue to put out the best music on the market!
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NikkiI.Sep 23, 2007I love this album! Something about it that just makes it perfect for me.
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NickR.Oct 28, 2007This album gets better with every listen. Picks up right where he left off with It's All Gonna Break. Always been a huge BSS fan. Hope they can all get back together for another album...... Really would love to see the whole group together live again, but that probably won't happen. Glad I got to while I had the chance. Just amazing.
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MattSep 25, 2007Definitely a grower. More rewarding on every listen. Check out - "Farewell to the Pressure Kids", "Gang Bang Suicide", "Boddhi Sappy Weekend".
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RobBOct 2, 2007It was even better live!! The album doesn't end all that well, but overall it was a great collection.
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BenM.Oct 30, 2007Great album - I always forget how many great songs are on the album until I'm actually listening. I went back through some older BSS this weekend, and I still love it all.
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BrokenSep 21, 2007Spin and Urb are just downright silly. Second best BSS release since YFIIP. Amazing from start to finish after a few listens. Check out "safety bricks" & "lucky ones" for a start.
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jaySep 20, 2007Opening track "Pressure Kids" is one of the best opening tracks in along time...others like, 'Big Love" "Backing Out On The..." and "Lucky Ones" continue the Great BSS soundscapes...Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth and Pavement are apparent influences and they continue expanding towards there own unique style.
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Writer'sBlockPoetSep 21, 2007
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[Anonymous]Sep 20, 2007F'n brilliant.
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BradleyM.Sep 28, 2007Amazing album, just shy of perfection
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EricC.Sep 25, 2007
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AdmSep 25, 2007Great album and it only gets better the more you listen to it. Kevin is the man.
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CablesOct 8, 2007This is an excellent album that would have made for a better follow up to "you forgot..". I don't quite understand the negative reviews. It sounds like a bss record. Some reviews are claiming that he sounds "adrift" and "off on his own". Anyone who has heard this and has some sort of bss listening experience will be more than pleased.
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DrewSep 24, 2007This is a very solid album, but is accurately titled "Broken Social Scene presents... Kevin Drew". These songs could easily be thrown into the rest of the band's catalog and one would be hard pressed to tell the difference. Obviously, that's to be expected since he is one of the two core members, and is not a knock on the album itself. Definitely a great disc from start to finish.
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Tthe record is focused more on the future, on creating an impression, than on immediate satisfaction, giving it an appeal that only strengthens as time goes on, and making Spirit If... another impressive, affective release in the ever-growing Broken Social Scene catalog.
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Not since Mansun's "Six" have I heard an album twist its songs into a musical Lombard Street--and I can already picture the audience screaming its approval in the break--before a wall of static and synthesizers takes us home. And home is a little nicer place to be after taking a ride on Spirit If...
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This is one for the ages, an album that you will covet, listen to, and live by.