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Q MagazineJul 10, 2013The results may not add to a fanbase that struggles to extend beyond the UK and the good folk of Belgium and Germany, but Editors give themselves a new lease of life here. [Aug 2013, p.94]
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Jul 1, 2013It’s hardly going to break any new ground, but it might allow Editors to escape from their past to some degree, and allow them to branch out and explore new--albeit, already charted--territory.
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Jul 1, 2013The anthemic Formaldehyde and Sugar both have the potential to be big radio hits, while Two Hearted Spider is more down-tempo, but no less powerful for it. It's not without its longueurs, however.
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Jun 27, 2013The songwriting is solid but although their overall sonic palate has been shuffled, they remain a band largely focused on doing things with a tried-and-tested format.
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Jul 25, 2013There are a few thrilling moments here—notably the cinematic ballad “Nothing”--but the band mostly flounders as it seeks a new direction.
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Jul 2, 2013The ideas behind Weight have some potential, but Editors can’t seem to pull them off successfully.
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Aug 28, 2013There are glimmers of the band that went before. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.130]
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UncutJul 10, 2013It's hard to find anything out of the ordinary here beyond the usual blend of angst rock and stadium bombast. [Aug 2013, p.69]
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Jun 27, 2013Too many songs spend too much time doing precisely nothing.
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Jul 8, 2013‘A Ton Of Love’ shows they’ve not lost their knack for passably impersonating Echo & the Bunnymen, but really, you deserve better than this hazily indistinct angst.
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Jul 2, 2013It all ends not with a bang, but a shrug.
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Jul 1, 2013What’s inside? Nothing. Which is, coincidentally, what this album adds to the treasury of human art.
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Jun 28, 2013The Editors here step backwards into the crepuscular netherworld of Eighties new wave from whence they took their original inspiration.
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Jun 27, 2013Lyrics look for punch but miss--"I don't trust the government/ I don't trust myself"--but it's the piecemeal sound that seems most off.
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Jun 27, 2013The whole exercise seems so carefully crafted and desperately needy that any joy found within The Weight Of Your Love wears off the more you play it.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 40 out of 59
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Mixed: 8 out of 59
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Negative: 11 out of 59
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Aug 9, 2013
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Jul 7, 2013
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Sep 11, 2013Albums as good as this are very rare. Stunningly brilliant. The bad reviews on this site are simply wrong. Go out and get it now you won't regret it.