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Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 18 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 29 Ratings

  • Summary: This debut effort from Liverpool's The Coral is an inventive mix of numerous musical styles.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 18
  2. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Might be one of the most original albums you'll ever hear.
  2. Mojo
    90
    Fantastic! [Aug 2002, p.112]
  3. Part Banana Splits, part The Wicker Man, part genius, The Coral may just have produced the most intriguing, tuneful, humorous and enjoyable debut album of the year, and then some.
  4. A more disparate and yet strangely coherent collection of moods and styles you will not hear this year outside a supremely eclectic compilation.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    A record that's as hard to ignore as it is to pin down. [14 Mar 2003, p.66]
  6. Jaunty, rambunctious, and youthful.
  7. Blender
    60
    There are enough moments to suggest that, should they ever concentrate on, say, just 10 of their favorite styles, they could be fab. [#14, p.133]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Negative: 2 out of 15
  1. SteveH
    Feb 20, 2008
    10
    A great album that gets even better with repeat listening
  2. donniedarko
    Sep 23, 2004
    10
    "Might be one of the most original albums you'll ever hear." "The funniest, most refreshing British debut in years." this is exactly "Might be one of the most original albums you'll ever hear." "The funniest, most refreshing British debut in years." this is exactly what i want to say, go and buy it now!! Expand
  3. MD.
    Jan 21, 2007
    10
    Perfect! :O
  4. p.s.w
    Oct 1, 2002
    9
    A very promising debut indeed. Reminds me a lot of The La's with a dash of Stone Roses. Kind of rough folk-rock sound. And they are just A very promising debut indeed. Reminds me a lot of The La's with a dash of Stone Roses. Kind of rough folk-rock sound. And they are just kids, by the way - no way to tell from the ecelectic music. So young, so talented, so unfair. These people might grow big. Expand
  5. RobertA
    Apr 3, 2004
    9
    This album is very original and very fun.
  6. RobertA
    Apr 3, 2004
    9
    This album is very original and very fun.
  7. AceKabob
    Nov 8, 2003
    0
    This CD is the most singularly amateurish, derivative CD I have ever had the misfortune to purchase. The Coral are a bunch of wankers, as are This CD is the most singularly amateurish, derivative CD I have ever had the misfortune to purchase. The Coral are a bunch of wankers, as are music journalists who fawn all over them. After you've listened to this disc, you'll undoubtedly ask yourself what CD the critics are raving about, because you'll think, sure as hell, that it couldn't have been the CD you just listened to. Expand

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