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Universal acclaim- based on 23 Ratings
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MusicMavenDec 28, 2005Elefant bring a light touch to their well-crafted, anglo-80's revivalist songs. The rhythm section maintains a solid backbeat while the guitar arpeggios ebb and flow. The synths provide twinkling countermelodies while frontman Diego Garcia croons his lovelorn lyrics. It's a tasteful job for sure, but it can get too mannered and emotionless at times.
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merciliJun 19, 2005splendid
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alisonbMar 2, 2005love them and love the cd!!!
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MarkNov 16, 2004This is great. Angular Strokes/NYC vibe meets melodic (sometimes wrought) early-mid 80's British indie. On first listen, it reminded me of really early James material -- that same kind of energy.
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EddieOct 29, 2004I'm obsessed with this cd! Misfit is an amazing song. I can't wait to see these guys live...
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mikerOct 25, 2004great cd
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JessieRAug 23, 2004My buddy got me a copy of this cd earlier this week and I haven't been able to stop listening to it, in fact I am listening to it right now. I love very much so how Diego is a fan of the cure because when I had first heard the cd and told my friend how much I liked I explained to her that to me it sounded like The Cure meets Incubus or 311 . I absolutley love it.
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ronemJun 22, 2004this band is 80's thru and thru. let me just tell you all something out there--there is no strokes in this band. the strokes don't even come close to this band. this band sounds like themselves--their own sound--with the 80's being reborn in a different light.
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MelbaSMay 26, 2004From the voice to the guitar and the lyrics. It rocks.
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NickApr 10, 2004One of the best albums I've heard in quite some time.. not fully experienced until seeing them live, takes it to a whole new level.
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DFeb 6, 2004I thought it was great. I hope this album takes them far.
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GustavPJan 23, 2004El disco es perfecto la combinación de sonidos es magnífica, suena todo a una mezcla de varios grupos de los 80 y aires nuevos como Placebo, El cantante está muy guapo, si hasta parece Robert Smith, versión más afeminada, Amo a éste grupo. Gustav Pazzi
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nichs.Oct 14, 2003What put me over the top on this album, though it can come off as slightly generic, was seeing the band live. Diego believes his hype, and he makes you believe it, too. Feelgood records are few and far between.
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matthSep 29, 2003A little retro plus a little strokes, adds good times!
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MarkKSep 10, 2003a band truly "on the verge" of something big
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Q MagazineIn a world where Interpol already exist, it's hard to get too excited about the twitchy Anglophilia here. [Dec 2004, p.136]
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A great album that sounds like it could have been part of the Eighties British Invasion.
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Though it isn't the staggering atom bomb that was Turn on the Bright Lights, Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid is intermittently brilliant and wholly accomplished, establishing Elefant as more than a flash in the pan.