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The State Of Things will no doubt be a big hit. But if anyone ever takes the time to give it a good proper listen they will find that it’s a wafer thin album of posturing and poor word play.
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Ultimately, the record is a tribute to McClure's charisma and unswerving self-belief.
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Q MagazineThe State Of Things confirms RATM will be following the Arctic Monkeys down the MI and onto the nation's radios for sometime yet. [Nov 2007, p.145]
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Re-hashing a similar formula throughout 12 tracks makes for sour and rarely enjoyable listening.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 8
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Mixed: 0 out of 8
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Negative: 1 out of 8
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WhitneyS.Jan 18, 2008
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JJH.Oct 24, 2007