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Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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samuelrAug 23, 2005Too caught up in creating a general sound than decent sounding songs
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Every so often a record pops up that seems to exist in some alien world, unscathed by hipster fads and driven forward only by its own gorgeous mindset. With 'The Violet Hour', The Clientele have made a beautifully haunting album of music to take drugs to make music to take drugs to.
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The more involved the songs get, the more ethereal they end up, and not always to the good.
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Was it worth the wait? Well, it is for those who favor the kind of retro-futurist pop that recalls the mood-drenched fog of Galaxie 500 decorated with Byrdsian guitar filigrees.