To Lose My Life - White Lies
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58 out of 100

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6.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

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

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. 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.
  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. 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: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. JordanH
    10
    Masterpiece from start to finish.
  2. Vampire25
    8
    To Lose My Life is a very dark album. People complain about how dark it is but I find it to be refreshing. I haven't heard a band with such dark lyrics since Interpol's "Antics". "Death" is a great opener and each track after that holds up. All In All, This a pretty good album.… Expand
  3. alexwrands
    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 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
  4. PetarS
    3
    Extremely boring and uneventful.

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