- Record Label: Domino
- Release Date: May 6, 2008
User Score
Universal acclaim- based on 68 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 62 out of 68
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Mixed: 4 out of 68
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Negative: 2 out of 68
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skMay 7, 2008A beautiful and inspiring album. definitely one of the greatest and most interesting releases of the year.
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MickMay 7, 2008After the first song the album has a weak(ish) first half after that it is pretty good though. Overall a decent album - that won't be to everyones taste.
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PaulCMay 7, 2008I can't help but feel the whole album should have been a lot better than it ended up being. It's a fun but uneven album, which leaves you in the end unfullfilled.
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JackkkCMay 7, 2008An excellent album. Some tracks are weak though, I think it's just as good as AM's stuff and if they spent a little bit longer on it, it could have easily been a masterpiece.
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DBrandonMay 6, 2008The title track is the overall best number; it all goes slightly down hill from there. To my ears, mostly every song sounds as if it's an extension from the previous one. Too much of the same thing going on here.
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Aug 24, 2010
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Feb 12, 2012The band should be called The Last Shadow Puppets And Owen Pallett, because the work Owen did for this album is marvellous, as well as the beautiful songs that Alex turner and Miles Kane wrote. A wonderful side project for both!
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Dec 28, 2013
Awards & Rankings
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The Age Of The Understatement is as solid an idea in execution as it is in concept; a record unafraid to reach beyond its obvious limitations and produce a swashbuckling end result that might even broaden a few horizons for fans and players alike.
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The up-tempo numbers are great fun, but the Puppets excel on the ballads, which they croon in lovely tight harmony. [May 2008, p.100]
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With Arcade Fire arranger Owen Pallett draping the songs in sympathetic strings and producer James Ford working overtime on drums, the result is a widescreen epic, full of high fevers and crystal-clear vocal performances.