The Winter Of Mixed Drinks
by Frightened Rabbit
  • Record Label: Fat Cat
  • Release Date: Mar 9, 2010
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27

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  1. GarboTaste
    Jul 13, 2018
    9
    The thing I love most about Frightened Rabbit is how well a song is composed and put together. On a track like say Good Arms Vs. Bad Arms off of Midnight Organ Fight, there's a lot of moving parts that come together to make a beautiful listen. This album delivers more of that in a different but similar Frightened Rabbit way. There's enough substance in most of these songs that you canThe thing I love most about Frightened Rabbit is how well a song is composed and put together. On a track like say Good Arms Vs. Bad Arms off of Midnight Organ Fight, there's a lot of moving parts that come together to make a beautiful listen. This album delivers more of that in a different but similar Frightened Rabbit way. There's enough substance in most of these songs that you can repeat a song and listen for something you didn't quite catch the first time.… Expand
  2. BrendanL
    Oct 3, 2010
    8
    Swim Until You Can't See Land isn't a song, it's an anthem, a damn anthem. I got this album feeling a bit skeptical Midnight Organ Fight was an okay album but got tired at the end, so I didn't really want to get this album, but I did, and I'm glad I did. Such an emotional album.

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. BBC Music
    80
    The Winter of Mixed Drinks is more polished, more polite than the band’s earlier offerings, but it’s reassuring to note that the band’s scruffy-hearted charm still lies just below the surface.
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  2. Drowned In Sound
    80
    In the broader context of British alternative music, it cements Frightened Rabbit at the creative peak of the folk-crossover scene.
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  3. musicOMH.com
    80
    This album will, at least in theory, open a new chapter in the band's story, but the songs--as well as being significantly more streamlined--manage to stir and move like never before.
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