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Universal acclaim - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Mar 6, 2020
    90
    After a few listens to England is a Garden it's hard not to think that they have finally hit the target right in the center and reached their very particular and unique brand of perfection.
  2. Mar 20, 2020
    80
    England is a Garden is a beautiful and well-worked project. The five years wait it induced is retrospectively more than worth it as it is one of the most thoughtful and listenable albums the band have unleashed for quite a stretch of time.
  3. 80
    It’s never as transcendent as 1997’s When I Was Born For The 7th Time, but when Tjinder exhorts “amplifier to the echo chamber… mixer to the microphone” on St Marie Under Canon it doesn’t sound like a tired old rocker glumly gazing round the studio for ideas, it sounds like liberation, celebration.
  4. Rolling Stone
    Mar 6, 2020
    80
    As great as their Nineties high points, a hazy, globalist British rock that's loose and optimistically eclectic. [Mar 2020, p.87]
  5. Mojo
    Mar 4, 2020
    80
    The best protest albums generally come bathed in their own brand of musical sunshine and Cornershop's joyous post-Brexit call to arms is no exception to the rule. [Apr 2020, p.86]
  6. Q Magazine
    Mar 4, 2020
    80
    Despite the backward glances, a record very much in the moment. [Apr 2020, p. 106]
  7. Uncut
    Mar 4, 2020
    80
    A joyous album, one that doesn't wander off along unnecessary tangents and keeps their indulgence in check. [Apr 2020, p.29]
  8. 80
    An album that’s as enchanting as it is astute, from a band to treasure.
User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. Jul 6, 2021
    0
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  2. Aug 30, 2020
    10
    Todos los temas son arte y inspiran a que siempre estés mejor contigo mismo y invaluable el mensaje de este álbum
  3. Apr 30, 2020
    10
    England is a Garden feels Joyous, is that spark of happiness among so many generic and flat music nowadays. This is Just Cornershop watchingEngland is a Garden feels Joyous, is that spark of happiness among so many generic and flat music nowadays. This is Just Cornershop watching from the top of the glory. Full Review »