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Universal acclaim- based on 42 Ratings
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Positive: 38 out of 42
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Mixed: 1 out of 42
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Negative: 3 out of 42
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ChrisCDec 19, 2006best album of 2006
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FrancisSSep 30, 2006Absolutely stunning album that is looking like being my album of the year unless something sneaks up on inside of the last few months of this year.
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MegakraakOct 1, 2006Midlake appears in 2006 with this album, surely one of the best albums of 2006, in my opinion. The tracks of this new album are so freshness and the continuous beauty starts from the beginning to the end. Music that enters in our ears of tempering form whose trend of listening increases of exponential form, but always with some smoothing. Songs as
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corneliusDec 24, 2006certainly 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 !
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GraemeSOct 4, 2006
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Daniel,Esq.Sep 29, 2006
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JDDec 10, 2006My personal favorite of 2006. Great lyrics, great melodies...great time with midlake!
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scottSep 29, 2006Pretty much my favorite album of the year so far, but unlike other standouts--e.g. TV On Radio, Destroyer, Belle and Sebastian, Guillemots--it seems to have slipped off the radar a bit. It's too bad. Just great.
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MG.Dec 4, 2007This 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.
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Nov 1, 2012As I write this review it has been six years since I bought this album. It has yet to lose its appeal. A better album has not been made in the those six years. It is a little known, yet classic album.
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matteofFeb 8, 2007so romantic, halfway between gloom and joy. "young bride" went even beyond giving plain "chills" : it made my heart soar.
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SlippyOct 1, 2006
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clarissesOct 3, 2006certainly one of the albums of the year no contest... cs
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MCOct 4, 2006So refreshing to hear music like this being made. wonderful harmonies with the vocals. I dare say this is timeless music. It's Fleetwood Mac for the new generation.
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monkeymanNov 19, 2006Midlake have given us a beautifully crafted album which deserves to be widely heard. This absolute gem is undoubtedly one of the albums of the year.
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GSpotOct 17, 2006Inviting and smooth. This is most likely the best underated album of the year...impress yourself with this.
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JohnnyDApr 26, 2007Beautiful album, rich in texture and tone. One of 2006's best.
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Jul 4, 2015The true beginning of the West Coast singer/songwriter movement of the last five years. Warm, beautiful and perfectly produced (by the band.) The songs fade wonderfully into each other creating a song cycle about love, loss and how that loss colors everything around it.
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STaylorJan 7, 2007
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EvanZFeb 26, 2007Agree with S Taylor, except maybe The Eagles is being kind. How about America?
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Awards & Rankings
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Midlake might be stuck in the '70s, but they make it sound like the best place on earth.
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Nostalgic, sure, but comforting, meticulous, and complex.
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So while the subdued vocal harmonies and acoustic folk influences of 70s pop bands Chicago and America can be heard, there is enough intricately layered dream-pop floating around the fleshed-out orchestrations to keep indie-rock fans contented.