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- Summary: The second album for the [now-married] duo of former Luna members Dean & Britta was produced by Tony Visconti.
- Record Label: Rounder
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 12
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Mixed: 2 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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Not a dud in the entire meticulous love letter to a da-do-ron-ron era.
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Throughout Back Numbers, Wareham and Phillips push small emotions over big.
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Subdued guitar work and sleepy rhythms provide a solid underpinning for the airy melodies, keeping them from drifting away like freshly-blown bubbles.
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Luna fans will be pleased.
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Under The RadarThe arrangements almost entirely abandon the Velvets/Television electric guitar bedrock on which Luna was founded, instead adopting a basic structure of strummed acoustic guitar, spare orchestration, and burbling synths. [#16, p.90]
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MojoPerfectly conceived and executed, the album is a beautiful collection of mood music. [May 2007, p.112]
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Q MagazineIt sounds twee and, in parts it is, but it's leavened by their unrelenting world-weariness. [May 2007, p.123]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 8
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Mixed: 1 out of 8
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Negative: 1 out of 8
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MattDMar 7, 2007
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ColinPMar 1, 2007A delightful listen reminsicent of a bygone era. Beautiful pop music and virtually flawless in execution.
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christopherfMar 23, 2007
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GeneBMar 3, 2007
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JeffBMar 21, 2007
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ThomasBMar 20, 2007
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GFarryMar 1, 2007Rubbish. Album should burn!
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