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It's smart, strange, just different enough from its predecessor, and, eventually, absolutely stunning.
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A Weekend In The City is the aural adaptation, a digital manifestation, of what it’s like to be a twenty-something in Britain, today. It’s dirty, dishevelled, unsure and paranoid; fearful, easily distracted, boisterous and ashamed; reckless, wild, nervous and terrified; graceful, thought-provoking, clumsy and contradictory. And it’s very nearly perfect.
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How good is A Weekend In The City? At times, it's brilliant: bold, forthright and honest.
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A Weekend in the City showcases what all the band's initial buzz was about, but twists and filters what might have been expected, leaving them open to praise for different reasons.
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Under The RadarIt's a given that some people will miss the raucous Bloc Party, but there are enough in-your-face moments and hidden gems to keep A Weekend In The City on regular rotation. [#16, p.90]
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This album isn't as brash or immediate as the band's earlier work, but its gradual move from alienation to connection and hope is just as bold as Silent Alarm, and possibly even more resonant.
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The real achievement of 'A Weekend In The City' is its path to this conclusion, pulling hard-won moments of contentment from a maelstrom of anger and confusion.
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When A Weekend in the City comes bursting out at you with a gaggle of second-album upgrades-- new tricks, new scope, new arrangements-- the bulk of them sound like good ideas: They've been executed by hard-working professionals.
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UrbA post-electronica, post-rave production that jettisons genres and cherishes uncut creativity. [Jan/Feb 2007, p.77]
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VibeOn Weekend, the group's clearly into its '90s phase, and enjoying it. [Feb 2007, p.124]
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At Bloc Party’s best, music and message collide with astounding force.
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Too often, the music on A Weekend in the City is less memorable than the ambitious subject matter.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 211 out of 320
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Mixed: 37 out of 320
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Negative: 72 out of 320
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