Through The Windowpane - Guillemots
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Universal acclaim- based on 43 Ratings

  • Summary: This full-length debut for the UK-based indie-pop band led by Fyfe Dangerfield includes the previously-released single "Trains To Brazil."
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. There isn't a duff track to be seen, and you get the feeling the whole thing's been meticulously planned and orchestrated, with a mindset of giving us a record to cherish, something to put on when the chips are down, and that rare thing, one that will almost certainly be loved in equal measure many years down the line.
  2. 80
    A messy, eccentric triumph. [Aug 2006, p.98]
  3. Positively overflowing with magnificent oddities. [1 Jul 2006, p.36]
  4. There's still a kind of inconsistency in the development of Through the Windowpane, an inconsistency that can't quite work itself out in sweeping strings and vaguely dissonant chords, and unfortunately, this diminishes the power of what the album really could be.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 30
  2. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. BobW.
    10
    I love this album, having owned it for ages but only recently listened to it properly I can't leave it alone now.
  2. time
    8
    They write some great songs especially songs 2-4. After that it gets a little less interesting until the epic closer. Great way to end an enjoyable record. Expand
  3. matta
    6
    this album is pretty hit and miss. It's especially disconcerting when you consider that the two best tracks on the album (Made Up Lovesong #43 and Trains to Brazil), were on an earlier EP. There are a few other good songs (If The World Ends, Annie Let's Not Wait), but not nearly enough to warrant all the hype that this band is getting. It is very obvious that they are enjoying themselves and love playing music, but that isn't enough. I'm looking forward to their next album. Expand
  4. Chaz
    4
    It's certainly a carefully and delicately produced album, but the praise Guillemots are receiving is unsettlingly excessive. Having read such amazing reviews, listening to the album was a confounding experience of sitting and waiting for something spectacular to happen. I hope the positive press doesn't stop people from giving this a mindful and critical appraisal before it ends up as an unfortunate 'album of the year.' Expand

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