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84 out of 100

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9.0 out of 10

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  • 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.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Nude As The News
    100
    As impressive as the early singles were, the material on The Violet Hour is often commensurate, sometimes superior.
  2. Stylus Magazine
    92
    Such are The Clientele’s 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.
  3. Alternative Press
    60
    They're so busy crafting the perfect pop song... that they've made a uniformly dull album. [Sep 2003, p.102]
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  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. otoniel
    10
    This is the perfect dream pop album to make love to.
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  2. DarrylD
    10
    The lusty gloom is not even alieviated by the elegance of diction.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. samuelr
    3
    Too caught up in creating a general sound than decent sounding songs
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