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  • Summary: The third full-length studio release from the Scottish indie pop band was self-produced.
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Oct 7, 2014
    77
    As their third album in 25 years, V for Vaselines showcases a surprisingly staid band, but one that occasionally flashes its early brilliance for listeners.
  2. Oct 8, 2014
    73
    V for Vaselines leaves a lasting pop smear.
  3. Oct 27, 2014
    70
    Interspersed among the cheerful speed anthems are pretty, delicate moments that highlight the enduring songwriting bond that prevails between Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee.
  4. Sep 29, 2014
    60
    V For Vaselines has been released a few months too late, for V For Vaselines is a summer album.
  5. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 17, 2014
    60
    Vaselines fans will not be disappointed or surprised by these tunes. [Oct 2014, p.91]
  6. Oct 6, 2014
    60
    As a Vaselines album, V can't help but be disappointing. None of the unpredictable magic they used to be able to conjure, in the distant past and on Sex with an X, is on display, and they seem to be resigned to the fact that they are just a good rock band now.
  7. Oct 3, 2014
    50
    The tracks begin to bleed together way before the halfway point of the album and there's not a single surprise to be had throughout.

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