The Hawk Is Howling - Mogwai
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76 out of 100

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8.1 out of 10

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  • Summary: The sixth album for the Scottish rock band was produced by Andy Miller.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Urb
    90
    The Hawk is Howling is Mogwai at its best.
  2. Under The Radar
    80
    This album kills. [Fall 2008, p.77]
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  3. Dot Music
    80
    These 10 songs evolve unhurriedly and, as with all Mogwai's best moments, like time-lapse photography from the heart of a dark storm.
  4. Uncut
    60
    Fine, but no surprises. [Oct 2008, p.101]
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  1. d_nasty
    7
    Mogwai have been really bouncing around different things in these last few years and are getting on to something here. Every song is great but what keeps them from absolute perfection is that they are all about 3 minutes too long and the songwriting doesn't change enough for a song like "the sun smells too loud" to be 6 minutes.… Collapse

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