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by
Arab Strap
- Record Label: Transdreamer / Chemikal Underground
- Release Date: Feb 21, 2006
- Summary: The Scottish duo of Aidan Moffett and Malcolm Middleton return with a sixth studio album.
- Record Label: Transdreamer / Chemikal Underground
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 22
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Mixed: 4 out of 22
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Negative: 0 out of 22
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It is astonishing that after a 10-year long affair Arab Strap can make a record as compelling as this.
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Ten tracks equal one very explicit diary entry of lust – for life, as much as intimacy – nearly every single line worthy of another song cycle.
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FilterWe come to this band expected to be thrown down the Trainspotting toilet, and this is exactly where The Last Romance takes us. [#19, p.90]
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MagnetArab Strap's most affecting album yet. [#71, p.86]
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The Last Romance, for all its disgusted veneer and inner conflict, both reads like a cogent statement and plays like a finely tuned instrument.
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It's feverish, unbalanced, disturbing, and for the most part captivating.
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Things improve considerably when the pair abandons the preening street-cred game; Moffat and Middleton seem finally to realize that if they're going to make a love record they might as well not half-ass it.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 1 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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dougieMOct 25, 2006
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mattaFeb 22, 2006
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SimonMar 30, 2006
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DavidMApr 18, 2006
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