Casino Twilight Dogs
by Youth Group
  • Record Label: Anti
  • Release Date: Jan 30, 2007
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6

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  1. AriM
    Feb 7, 2007
    7
    I agree, It is not good as "Skeleton Jar" (of course is not) but it has very good songs like "daisychains" and "forever young", it's worth to buy it.
  2. polpol
    Feb 23, 2007
    9
    Good boys growing up!
  3. wookieboy
    Feb 25, 2007
    10
    Criminally under-rated
  4. alanl
    Mar 13, 2007
    6
    Skeleton Jar was surprising, Twilight Casino Dogs is... disappointing
  5. MDKMDK
    Apr 3, 2007
    10
    Say what you want, but I've been disappointed lately by the caliber of indie music that has been coming out in the past 12 months. For starters, it all sounds the same and the slow stuff just doesn't have that angst. But then a band like Youth Group comes along. Cross between Bright Eyes (last album), Album Leaf (atmospheric melodies), and 60's hippie pop (Simon & Say what you want, but I've been disappointed lately by the caliber of indie music that has been coming out in the past 12 months. For starters, it all sounds the same and the slow stuff just doesn't have that angst. But then a band like Youth Group comes along. Cross between Bright Eyes (last album), Album Leaf (atmospheric melodies), and 60's hippie pop (Simon & Garfunkel?). The music is transporting. I wasn't crazy about their previous album. I feel like they really spread their wings on this one.… Expand

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Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. NOW Magazine
    40
    It's all soaring, boring hooks, ringing guitars cribbed from the last two decades of sad bastard Britpop and wussy vocals polished to a sleek finish that makes them ideal fodder for Hollywood soundtrack supervisors.
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  2. Alternative Press
    70
    Despite plenty of subtle charm and wistfulness, the band's implicit pursuit of warmth occasionally veers off course to flirt with surprising sterility. [Feb 2007, p.115]
  3. cokemachineglow
    45
    This Youth Group record is a diluted version of already watered-down music; not only is it not as good as their first album, I’m not sure it’s as good as Keane’s first album.
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