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Who Killed The Zutons - The Zutons
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73 out of 100

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8.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 17 Ratings

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  • Summary: The Liverpool band's debut disc was, like similar-sounding recent discs by The Coral, produced by Ian Broudie. It was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Alternative Press
    100
    Fuse[s] the best parts of '60s rock and '90s rock without sounding dated (see Oasis) or contrived (paging Franz Ferdinand). [Jan 2005, p.113]
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    Blithe blues boogies for the tumbleweeds set. [22 Oct 2004, p.95]
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  3. Q Magazine
    60
    McCabe details a stoner's humdrum city life a touch too convincingly at times, but the spirit of musical adventure is nonetheless commendable. [May 2004, p.111]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. KimmyH
    10
    This is my all-time favorite album.
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  2. JonG
    5
    It has its high moments in which the sound rattles and shakes in a fantastic electrified blues-rock fashion (Pressure Point, You Will You Wont, Zuton Fever), but from the beginning of the disc on things begin to flounder into a mishmash of neo-folk blasphemy sure to dissapoint those who, like myself, bought the disc excpecting an album full of auditory seizures like Pressure Point and, sadly, only get roghly one-third.… Expand
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  3. JohnF
    1
    Utterly ridiculous; by the time the disc ends, we are left wondering, "Who really did kill the Zutons? I WANT TO KNOW, DAMMIT!"
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