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Universal acclaim- based on 149 Ratings
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Positive: 124 out of 149
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Mixed: 8 out of 149
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Negative: 17 out of 149
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JeffHAug 23, 2005
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AdamSep 3, 2005Excellent disc.
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JaredFeb 20, 2006Duh!
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NicholasBAug 22, 2005Mass Romantic was wonderful; Electric Version its equal; but Twin Cinema surpasses them both. It's nigh on the perfect pop record.
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AdamKAug 23, 2005Just an Incredible Album! This group has done it again--amazingly enough. I don't know how to explain it; when a song like Jessica, Dressed In Cobras comes booming out of the stereo, you want to jump off the rooftops doing somersaults in the sky. This is what great music is about.
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CraigEAug 23, 2005Note to all artists who aspire to "Best Album of the Year" recognition: don't release your album in the same calendar year as a new New Pornographers release.
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RoryAug 24, 2005
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BrianMAug 26, 2005Not nearly as good as the last two records or A.C. Newman's solo disc, but it's a grower. Good things can be found if you stick with it, but don't expect brillance.
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MarkCAug 28, 2005Crazy-good record that makes you literally stop in your tracks at times and admire just how great it is. Songs like "Sing Me Spanish Techno" or "Jackie, Dressed in Cobras" are so tuneful and heads-and-shoulders above what's being played on the radio -- or so-called "indie"-rock stations -- that it boggles the mind. Perfect end-of-the-summer listening.
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AshoholicSep 12, 2005Listen to those Drum Beats!!! Catchy, Poppy, Whats not to love. This whole album should keep all the skinny little white-belt, converse wearing hipsters shaking and groovin'. The only problem...is Neko skipping out on the first North American Tour?
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TristramCSep 2, 2005
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JohnMSep 3, 2005Jackie's dressed in cobras!!!
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AleksC.Sep 4, 2005
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BillySSep 4, 2005Oustanding music from a collaboration worth keeping in tact. Gets better with each subsequent listen...
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TimDJun 26, 2006
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EricC.Aug 6, 2007Impossibly 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.
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JasperBNov 13, 2005Pop at its finest
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RobertMNov 20, 2005Really can't stop listening to this album. awesome.
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PaulHNov 2, 2005another solid album, i rank this one ahead of electric version, right behind mass romantic. but none of them are as good as the slow wonder, still, good stuff.
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FranciscoPOct 16, 2005Completely agree with the Lost at Sea review - TNP are now a band I can't live without. IMO, this is by far their best work yet. I loved the first two cd's but this is the first I can listen to all the way through. Brilliant!
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RaulJuliaOct 18, 2005I have dropped my 13 bucks on Electric Version and Twin Cin and feel somewhat let down. While both are decent records, neither live up to the excessive hype built up around them. Their songs are like veneers and fail to connect on a deeper level. 'Pop' music is capable of so much more. I'll be selling my copies.
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W.HaasDec 3, 2005Really this is the indie pop album of the year. Not to mention NP accomplished their best yet.
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D*To-Dec 6, 2005One of the top few albums of the year, with probably the song of the year ("The Bleeding Heart Show"). This album is a masterpiece from the very beginning, with the burst into "Twin Cinema." The genius of the interwoven lyrics of Case and Newman is brilliant, not to mention Bejar at his best ("Jackie, Dressed in Cobras").
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MattAug 22, 2005If there was any question that they will go down as one of my all-time favorite bands, this puts that question to rest! Another brilliant album without using the same formula.
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JohnGAug 23, 2005My only criticism is that the vocals are buried too deep in the mix... or I'm going deaf. Otherwise this is wonderful transcendant ear candy.
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HelderMAug 23, 2005catchy songs, inspirated songwriting and arrangements, driving drums... a pleasure to listen with repeat mode on. the best a powerpop can be.
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RobJAug 24, 2005Wonderful quirky melodic pop from this Vancouver group. Stronger than Electric Version. There are a couple of jump out of your seat songs.
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AlexAug 24, 2005Yet another winner from a great band.
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PatrickDAug 24, 2005
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GabeHAug 26, 2005Filled to the brim with crispy, irrepressibly hooky guitar work, boomingly insistent percussion, and pitch-perfect harmonies, Twin Cinema finds the Pornos making a lateral progression in their music: Dan and A.C.'s songwriting prowess is as acrobatic and engagin as ever, but this is by no means their best album. Which is not to say that this is not as good as their others.
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Awards & Rankings
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Twin Cinema is another great pop album from the New Pornographers, a release that's crammed with so many memorable melodies that the bumpier moments fade into the background.
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Entertainment WeeklyIt'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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Paste MagazineExhilarating and complex enough to keep you warm year-round. [Aug/Sep 2005, p.108]