- Record Label: Arts & Crafts
- Release Date: Nov 25, 2008
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Universal acclaim- based on 29 Ratings
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Positive: 25 out of 29
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Mixed: 1 out of 29
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Negative: 3 out of 29
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LeahT.Jan 20, 2010Brilliant, although not at first - Los Campesinos! requires always a few listens - and then you wonder how you ever lived without them.
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MikeTJan 18, 2009I'm a realist, i'm insatiable. That being said, this album is incredible and by far my favorite of the year. Just saw them live in Carrboro NC and it was the best show I've seen in ages.
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KevinS.Dec 26, 2008Very good.
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jimim.Dec 22, 2008IT is a flawless album, from start to finish.
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JohnH.Dec 20, 2008Energetic and sincere, the most fun you'll have being depressed.
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PeteWDec 15, 2008Lovely. More heartfelt than the first. Roll on the next 8 months.
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PeterM.Dec 4, 2008One of the few good rock bands right now.
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MattH.Dec 4, 2008Excellent follow-up within a year (!) of their fantastic debut, Hold on Now, Youngster... My only complaint is its brief running time.
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PaulCNov 30, 2008Not as great as Hold On Now, Youngster, but still a fantastic album. Los Campesinos have put out 2 of the 10 best albums of 2008.
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Clayw.Nov 27, 2008This album blows me away. I enjoyed HON, Y immensely, but i think that this just explodes them to a higher place. Los Campesinos! has done everything that a band shouldnt do, and it has worked perfectly. I loved this from beginning to end, and i hope that the world gets on the Los Campesinos! band Wagon, before it gets going too fast.
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NoahH.Nov 26, 2008
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Awards & Rankings
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They’ve upped the sonic oomph a notch, leaning on the piano, violin, xylophones and perfectly mangled Pavement-style guitar mess.
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So while it is more of the same, when that same is such an unpretentious joy to listen to it's churlish to complain. That's not to say it's perfect though: one or two tracks are slightly stretched beyond their natural life.
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Los Campesinos! continue to compose intelligent, well thought out songs, endearingly so, and eschew any trends other than the one they're setting for themselves.