The Orchard - Ra Ra Riot
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  2. Mixed: 9 out of 23
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  1. PopMatters
    90
    Ra Ra Riot is still speaking a language everyone can understand: Love. And on The Orchard, Ra Ra Riot has never spoken so clearly.
  2. Slant Magazine
    80
    The Orchard is no less sweet or sentimental than its predecessor, but it's a stronger, more complete record.
  3. Alternative Press
    80
    The Orchard is a significantly more melancholy collection of songs. But melancholy seems to suit Ra Ra Riot, especially since they don't get too caught up in its gloom. [Sep 2010, p.113]
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  4. Drowned In Sound
    May 10, 2011
    60
    Stopping short of outright pop and heading in a direction that has yet to fully materialise, let's hope things eventually progress for Ra Ra Riot as well as they started.

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  1. Eoipa
    10
    What an amazing album. A more 80's inspired sound base then their debut, The Rhumb Line, but with results just the same. Go get this album, definitely worth it.… Expand

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