The Weight of Your Love
by Editors
  • Record Label: PIAS
  • Release Date: Jul 9, 2013
User Score
6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 59 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 59
  3. Negative: 11 out of 59
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  1. OsianLewis
    Sep 10, 2013
    6
    http://osianlewis.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/album-review-editors-weight-of-your-love.html

    ''The Weight of Your Love' definitely sounds like a fourth album. This is not an insult. I think the Editors have developed with each subsequent album. I believe Editors might lack a bit of flare and ingenuity. Sometimes I sense that their songs are about to take off and they just seem to struggle to    http://osianlewis.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/album-review-editors-weight-of-your-love.html

    ''The Weight of Your Love' definitely sounds like a fourth album. This is not an insult. I think the Editors have developed with each subsequent album. I believe Editors might lack a bit of flare and ingenuity. Sometimes I sense that their songs are about to take off and they just seem to struggle to find the next gear. 6.5/10.'

    Bumped down to a 6.    … Expand

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Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. Under The Radar
    Aug 28, 2013
    50
    There are glimmers of the band that went before. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.130]
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  2. Filter
    Jul 25, 2013
    58
    There 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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  3. Rolling Stone
    Jul 16, 2013
    30
    No matter what mode they’re in, they manage to turn four-minute songs into small eternities.
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