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90A sublime collection that surpasses its predecessor. [Apr 2004, p.121]
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83[They] continue to play it sweet and low: hot-cocoa keyboards, heart-monitor beats, glossy high-end string arrangements--and actual songs, as it happens. [Apr 2004, p.94]
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80Occasionally teetering on the verge of too precious, the heavy mood and lush production are too much (and too nice) to resist. [Apr 2004, p.87]
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80Superior to its predecessor in just about every respect.
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Fans of Simple Things, Zero 7's debut effort, won't hear anything new or different, but considering that Falls makes for lovely background music, it should satisfy those fans just fine.
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A more accessible set of dreamy love songs. [12 Mar 2004, p.114]
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70It's almost all too familiar, so much so that it's hard to hear the tender songs and mesmerising instrumentals in their own right.
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70While this delicately wistful set is hardly a great leap forward for Zero 7, one thing is certain: you'll be hearing it everywhere this year. [Mar 2004, p.104]
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70For computer music, it's all astoundingly warm. [Apr 2004, p.139]
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70‘When It Falls’ is not an immediate album, it’s a slow burner and one day, after countless hours playing it in the background, you’ll hear something that makes you turn it up; that’s the moment that it hooks you.
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70A bedroom soundtrack filled with seductive surprises. [#6, p.87]
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When It Falls is akin to a fabulous one-night stand: It feels great, it's very easy, and it requires absolutely no love or commitment at all.
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When it Falls, while not a masterpiece, is a nice album which will likely appeal to a very broad fan base.
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Easy like a Sunday morning, and just as dull. [May 2004, p.110]
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38In the end, this is a perfectly passable release if you need something to play in the background at your next cocktail party or if you're a dentist looking for something to play in the background.
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30It took U2 10 years to reach this level of blandness.
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30Perhaps spurred by the ease with which the Boring Solo has been grafted on to their chosen template, When It Falls finds Zero 7 expanding their horizons and going on to be boring in other areas.
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BrettN4An album that just sits there. Blah
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