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67 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 47 Ratings

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  • Summary: The Northern Ireland duo who remixed the Phoenix track "Lasso" releases its first full-length album produced by Eliot James.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. NOW Magazine
    80
    Front and centre is impressive guitar work; the band’s got a knack for writing spring-loaded hooks that build into beautiful shoegaze-inspired swells.
  2. musicOMH.com
    80
    Overall, this is a fine debut album that does exactly what it says on the tin. While they won't win any points for innovation, Two Door Cinema Club are going to find their way into a lot of people's hearts during 2010.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    Their debut album is a short, sharp shock to the system. Yeah, they may look like a band that would steal your library books rather than your girlfriend, but that just makes us love them even more.
  4. Dot Music
    60
    There are some fiendishly catchy hooks and very occasionally a real quality to some of the songwriting, enough to suggest that there are better things to come from the young trio once simply aping the already done-to-death genre du jour has finally lost its appeal.

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  1. Positive: 15 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
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  1. CalebL.
    9
    What more could you want? Hooky riffs and exciting melodies. You can dance your way through the entire album.
  2. J_J
    8
    Excellent first album from the Northern Irish group. You won't be able to stop tapping your feet to the relentless catchy hooks. Well worth a listen.
  3. MusiclyMade
    8
    A lack of lyrical depth and variation in songwriting does not take too much away from some infectious guitar hooks, irresistible vocal hooks and some really tight indie-pop tracks that roll off the tongue after just a handful of listens. One of the better debuts of 2010, that's for sure.… Expand
  4. Vampire25
    7
    Two Door Cinema Club's debut album has some hooky riffs and the singer's voice is great. You can tell these guys don't know exactly what they're doing and you can hear it in the music but it still sounds really good. Tracks such as "What You Know" and the opener "Cigarette's In The Theater" are what really shine in this album. All In All, a sophomore attempt at a debut that has a few shining moments. B… Expand

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