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The Invisible Invasion
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 17 Ratings

  • Summary: Portishead's Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley produced this fourth LP for the UK retro-rockers.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. musicOMH.com
    90
    What really makes The Invisible Invasion excellent, better even than that oft-feted debut, is what they achieve when they go a little bit crazy.
  2. Filter
    84
    Feels exactly like a dance-less, British-not-Scottish Franz Ferdinand who have been deeply infused with Sgt. Peppers' '60s pop whimsy. [#16, p.90]
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  3. The Guardian
    80
    Finds the Coral attempting to fuse both sides of their personality.
  4. Dot Music
    70
    The overall impression is of an album that you’d never be ashamed to own but wouldn’t necessarily feel the need to play all that often, either.
  5. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    Freed of the need to sound how people expect them to, the seven piece get the chance to show that they can turn in proper, craft-standard pop when they need to.
  6. Pitchfork
    60
    The Coral have reverted to a subdued and almost jaded sound-- Invisible Invasion reveals way too many wrinkles and stretch marks for a band barely into their twenties.
  7. Q Magazine
    40
    The least adventurous and most disappointing Coral album to date. [Jun 2005, p.106]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. mikep
    Jun 8, 2005
    10
    A cool trip, without traveling or taking drugs. "A Warning To The Curious" is an excellent song. The eleven other songs are great singles and A cool trip, without traveling or taking drugs. "A Warning To The Curious" is an excellent song. The eleven other songs are great singles and cd tracks. If you like the retro sound mixed lightly with todays sound, then " Invisible Invasion" is a must have.… Expand
  2. MikeT
    Jun 13, 2005
    10
    A fantastic improvement on their last effort, which was a little patchy. This is as infectious as pop music gets!
  4. ricardol
    Jun 23, 2005
    10
    beautiful
  5. davem
    May 31, 2005
    9
    Once again another great album, ranks easy along side the previous 2 full albums. Has a darker tone than the previous and less quirky than Once again another great album, ranks easy along side the previous 2 full albums. Has a darker tone than the previous and less quirky than the first album, but has solid songs some there best such as - a warning to the curious, something inside of me and arabian sand. - GREAT. ( also a great band live)… Expand
  6. OliverP
    Jun 20, 2005
    8
    A great album, the best since their debut. Many of the songs are much more accessible than most of their other stuff. Arabian Sand is A great album, the best since their debut. Many of the songs are much more accessible than most of their other stuff. Arabian Sand is superbly wacky and In The Morning and Something Inside of Me are two of their best yet… Expand
  7. PatrickJSR
    May 24, 2005
    8
    Fantastic album, massive improvement on Nightfreak and up there with the debut. In particular In The Morning and Far From The Crowd are Fantastic album, massive improvement on Nightfreak and up there with the debut. In particular In The Morning and Far From The Crowd are strong contenders for the best The Coral song ever.… Expand
  8. AceKabob
    Aug 15, 2005
    0
    The Coral are the biggest bunch of wankers recording "music" today - amateurish 60s mimics wholly lacking originality. Such a shame a zero is The Coral are the biggest bunch of wankers recording "music" today - amateurish 60s mimics wholly lacking originality. Such a shame a zero is as low a score as I can rate the album.… Expand

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