The Violet Hour
- The Clientele
- Band Name: The Clientele
- Record Label: Merge
- Release Date: Jul 8, 2003
- Summary: The London-based band follow their singles collection ('Suburban Light') with this, their first true studio LP, which continues their hazy, 60s-influenced sound developed in those earlier songs.
- Record Label: Merge
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 19
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Mixed: 1 out of 19
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Negative: 0 out of 19
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100As impressive as the early singles were, the material on The Violet Hour is often commensurate, sometimes superior.
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Such are The Clienteles gifts that its hard to believe The Violet Hour is only their debut album; few bands with more impressive vintages and prolific back-catalogues have managed to make records as touching, cohesive and deeply seeped in their own character as The Clientele have here.
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They're so busy crafting the perfect pop song... that they've made a uniformly dull album. [Sep 2003, p.102]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 10
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Mixed: 0 out of 10
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Negative: 1 out of 10
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otoniel10This is the perfect dream pop album to make love to.
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DarrylD10The lusty gloom is not even alieviated by the elegance of diction.
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samuelr3Too caught up in creating a general sound than decent sounding songs
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