Coming Up for Air
by Kodaline
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Mar 24, 2015
User Score
3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 49 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 49
  3. Negative: 28 out of 49
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  1. guits13
    Aug 22, 2015
    8
    I feel like there's a lot of comparison when it comes to Kodaline, but I don't think they really NEED to be as the other bands are. "Coming Up for Air" is a great record, Steve Garrigan's voice is great and besides their lyrics are so simple the production on this album is amazing, a great mix of different sounds. They certainly do deserve a chance on the mainstream industry.
  2. Carshots
    Jan 23, 2020
    10
    Best album ever in human history, I know some would say it's slow and boring but, I'll ask you to pay attention to the lyrics, those beautiful lyrics

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Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. AllMusic
    Mar 27, 2015
    40
    It feels as if this is as calm as a placid lake. Sometimes, the record is as pretty as that, too, a nice, polite collection of adult alternative pop designed for young girls and their moms.
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  2. Q Magazine
    Feb 9, 2015
    60
    It's bigger and brighter. [Mar 2015, p.119]
  3. The Guardian
    Feb 9, 2015
    60
    Their songs are still almost mathematically placed between Coldplay and Snow Patrol, with a smidgeon of U2 and the sort of big choruses and bells-and-whistles-and-choirboys production once trademarked by Westlife.
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