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- Summary: The fifth and final album from The Delgados (released on the band's own Chemikal Underground label) was co-produced with Tony Doogan. It ditches the strings of its orchestral predecessor, 'Hate,' to take a much poppier approach.
- Record Label: Chemikal Underground
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 17
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Mixed: 1 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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It all sounds nice enough to start with, but as you hear it more and more you love it more and more, the simple charms showing themselves to be more and more complicated but no less delightful.
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They've truly hit their stride on Universal Audio.
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Like all Delgados records, it takes repeated drives along the city outskirts to sink in, but when it does there's no going back, and the listener is rewarded once again with something rich, happily overcast, and strangely intangible.
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If you like your indie rock sweet and sophisticated with undertones of despair, you'll want to cuddle up with Universal Audio.
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Even if Hate stands as their most visionary statement, Universal Audio has a subtler strength.
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Under The RadarA surprisingly adept three-minute pop formula record. [#7]
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Melodies are practically nonexistent, leaving the music almost completely ignorable.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 7
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Mixed: 0 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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RyanHMar 3, 2005
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angelagFeb 19, 2005UNIVERSAL AUDIO an album of true understated beauty. GENIUS
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[Anonymous]Oct 2, 2004
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DanielPSep 29, 2004
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DanB.May 5, 2005I've listened to it six times in a row now and it's getting better each time.
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AliCJul 14, 2005
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DavidGSep 28, 2004
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