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The Trials Of Van Occupanther - Midlake
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79 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critics What's this?

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8.9 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 27 Ratings

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  • Summary: This sophomore set finds the Texas five-piece utilizing a 1970's classic rock / soft rock sound.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. The A.V. Club
    91
    Van Occupanther's spell finally breaks a little more than halfway through its 11 tracks, when the songs begin to feel more fussed-over and conceptual and less organic, but the warmth never fades.
  2. ShakingThrough.net
    90
    While The Trials of Van Occupanther may never be more than a cult favorite, those seeking to till peculiarly American musical soil will undoubtedly reap a rewarding and plentiful harvest.
  3. Q Magazine
    60
    Smooth and intermittently sublime it may be, but their previous weirdness is much missed. [Jun 2006, p.117]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. ChrisC
    10
    best album of 2006
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  2. cornelius
    10
    certainly one of the most fresh and enlightened album of the year, and maybe for many years... i can't understand some press critic could have given such low rate as 40 to this album ; yes, you could not to be pleased by "The trials...", but you can't say that's not a really good work !… Expand
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  3. MG.
    10
    This is a really beautiful collection of songs that must have took real courage to make. There is no filter here, just music made with so much heart and care that it will change you for the better.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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