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Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers
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85 out of 100

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8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 116 Ratings

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  • Summary: This is the third album of sunny indie-pop tunes for the acclaimed union of Neko Case, Dan Bejar (also of Destroyer) and A.C. Newman.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    100
    It's their trademark boisterous hyper-melodies... that will have you involuntarily humming their praises for weeks (months!) to come. [26 Aug 2005, p.59]
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  2. Neumu.net
    100
    In danger of hitting the point of "OK, we get it" -- when that zap of newness wears off and a successful band suddenly feels less than essential -- the New Pornographers instead come up pretty big on Twin Cinema, transitioning to a sound just as catchy as their old stuff but with more space for the tunes to breathe.
  3. Alternative Press
    60
    The least imaginative album of their career. [Oct 2005, p.158]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 69 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 75
  3. Negative: 3 out of 75
  1. EricC.
    10
    Impossibly fun. I was only a couple of songs in to this album before it became one of my favorites. I'll blast this music from my stereo for a while.… Expand
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  2. ErikS
    5
    Not nearly as good as Electric Version
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  3. ElizabethP
    2
    Just plain awful! It's incredibly hard to sit through any of the songs. A lot of the songs sound alike and the vocals are annoyingly cloying. All the "energy" that everyone professes they have doesn't make up for the weak songs. The New Pornographers are too busy trying to impress us with their array of instruments that they fail to create a single good song. No style and definitely no substance.… Expand
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