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80 out of 100

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9.3 out of 10

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  • Summary: The follow-up album from the trio headed by Zach Condon.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Filter
    91
    There's a melancholic beauty in the melodies of Zach Condon that conjure a cinematic romanticism.
  2. Stylus Magazine
    91
    The debut album was good, but this is better. Much, much better; the kind of record I will happily and willingly return to long after this review is dead and buried.
  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    60
    The Flying Club Cup is a good album. If you're a fan of "Gulag Orkestar," it's probably a great album. But aside from 'Cliquot,' it's more of the same.

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  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
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  1. TomH.
    10
    A great second album from Beirut, beautiful and well worhty of critic's praise for it.
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  2. conquistadori
    10
    To this day, this is the most beautiful album I have ever heard. It thrives on swelling melodies that reach deep down into you and pull every emotion out. Zach Condon is a prodigy.… Expand
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  3. Tubie
    10
    This album has to be among my top 5 favorites of all time. What a beautiful masterpiece. Every song leads to the other perfectly and ends with such an amazing journey of a song with "The Flying Club Cup".… Expand
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