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To Lose My Life
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58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 47 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut album for the London trio was produced by Ed Buller and Max Dingle.

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A Place To Hide
Could I sit alone and ask about my future? When you replied I'd just turn away I've been searching through my books to try and find some... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    For all its glum pronouncements of murder, mortality and loss, it’s an ecstatic listen, ponderous party music.
  2. Drowned In Sound
    70
    On the whole, To Lose My Life is a solid debut that will certainly divide opinion, but approach with an open mind and dividends will be reaped en masse.
  3. Under The Radar
    60
    To Lose My Life is satisfying and consisitent throughout, even if White Lies treads daringly close to one-trick-pony territory. [Spring 2009, p.75]
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  4. No Ripcord
    60
    It's not quite bad enough to be dubbed an honest failure, but it's flaws are too debilitating for me to recommend blowing a tenner on a copy.
  5. Blender
    50
    On their debut, this trio of fashionably dour West London lads crafts wildly overwrought goth-pop weepers with choruses that would make excellent Robert Smith High School yearbook inscriptions.
  6. Dot Music
    40
    The feeling remains though that their broad emotional strokes will have to concede something to intimacy and solitude to ever really win hearts.
  7. musicOMH.com
    20
    To Lose My Life is an album made to a predefined plan with skill and no heart.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. Pablomin
    Apr 30, 2014
    10
    I'm a fan of good music first and foremost. This is without a doubt one of the best albums I've heard from any band. The lyrics, some of theI'm a fan of good music first and foremost. This is without a doubt one of the best albums I've heard from any band. The lyrics, some of the darkest and thought provoking one can find. Music should drive emotion, and this offering sure does - big time ! Brilliant album.… Expand
  2. JordanH
    Mar 17, 2009
    10
    Masterpiece from start to finish.
  4. coldplaz
    Jan 22, 2011
    9
    Catchier than Interpol, brighter than Joy Division and less serious than Editors
    Amazing album, Death was good song, but I fell in love with    Catchier than Interpol, brighter than Joy Division and less serious than Editors
    Amazing album, Death was good song, but I fell in love with them since farewell to the fairground
    the only weak song is 50 on our foreheads
    I was waiting for some good new indie band to enter the charts    … Expand
  5. ValM
    Apr 14, 2009
    7
    Nice voice. Very sweet arrangements. Rhythm section is perfect. It that kind of music when after listening you wanna create songs yourself. Nice voice. Very sweet arrangements. Rhythm section is perfect. It that kind of music when after listening you wanna create songs yourself. Despite some dark lyrics it makes living more enjoyable.… Expand
  6. alexwrands
    May 31, 2011
    7
    A good welcome to the music world for White Lies. Contains the right combination of anthems like "Death" and the title track "To Lose myA good welcome to the music world for White Lies. Contains the right combination of anthems like "Death" and the title track "To Lose my Life", and feel good tunes like "Unfinished Business". Without a doubt there are some tracks which have a real stadium feel, and by that I mean that you could see these songs being blasted out in front of 60,000+ fans. However, there is some elements to this album which are forgettable, but overall, a good album indeed… Expand
  7. NickJ
    Apr 16, 2009
    7
    Excellent debut. Perhaps steals sounds from several predecessors; The Killers, Interpol and a whole host of 80's guitar/synth bands (Joy Excellent debut. Perhaps steals sounds from several predecessors; The Killers, Interpol and a whole host of 80's guitar/synth bands (Joy Division anyone?) to mention a few. But it does it whilst producing some great noise. Very good dance music, fun, listenable to and a great sing-a-long for the car, if you don't mind slightly morose lyrics.… Expand
  8. PetarS
    Mar 18, 2009
    3
    Extremely boring and uneventful.

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