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Alternative PressOn The Fountain, the Liverpool, England, legends shake off the sluggish tempos of their recent albums in favor of brisk, vibrant pop songs. [Jan 2010, p. 94]
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FilterThe Fountain is replete with shimmering, flaw-repellant pop, all glorious melodies and gorgeous atmospherics; and while Will Sargent's feral guitar hounds are kept tightly leashed, Ian McCulloch rattle off couplets and takes us to dizzying heights of piercing sadness and grown-up romantic longing. [Holiday 2009, p. 93]
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Ultimately, The Fountain is an echo of an echo, inessential to all but the band's most devoted followers.
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The Fountain reveals that the magic of yore is still there.
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Their most accessible offering in a long time sees Ian McCulloch at his most lyrically playful and cocksure, hovering between confessional ("I cried a fountain dry") and mischievous, and firing off one-liners as if it were the band's 80s heyday.
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Under The RadarThe Fountain owes much of its sound to that unremitting 1987 pop fest, and the album's best moments play like forgotten singles from the group's '80s commercial heyday, only with a prouder emphasis on guitarist Will Sergeant. [Fall 2009, p.58]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 15
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Mixed: 0 out of 15
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Negative: 3 out of 15
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PatrickSNov 14, 2009I like it. A fun excursion with the Bunnymen.
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JoeHNov 14, 2009Sadly a tired, stale, formulaic simulation of a once-legendary band.
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ToddC.Nov 13, 2009