Foreverland
by The Divine Comedy
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
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  1. mosstin
    Sep 4, 2016
    5
    It sometimes feels as if Neil Hannon has been releasing the same album for the past decade and in many ways this is no departure from the formula he's previously used. Whilst this one doesn't grate as much as its predecessor 'Bang Goes the Knighthood', it's still unable to escape the whimsical air he invests all of his output with these days.
    Sure, it's a celebration of love, an ode to    It sometimes feels as if Neil Hannon has been releasing the same album for the past decade and in many ways this is no departure from the formula he's previously used. Whilst this one doesn't grate as much as its predecessor 'Bang Goes the Knighthood', it's still unable to escape the whimsical air he invests all of his output with these days.
    Sure, it's a celebration of love, an ode to his current partner, but it all seems so very slight and inconsequential. For diehards only, I'd suggest.    … Expand

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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Magnet
    Oct 18, 2016
    70
    Discerning Anglophiles will warm to the charms of the Divine Comedy's 11th album, Foreverland. [No. 136, p.55]
  2. AllMusic
    Sep 20, 2016
    60
    There's no mistaking Foreverland for anything other than the work of an artist who has chosen to give up his fight with the not-so-cruel-after-all mistress that is contentment.
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  3. PopMatters
    Sep 13, 2016
    80
    He and his band seem to not only have perfected the genre of orchestral pop, but to have perfected their own balance of goofiness and sincerity. It’s a peculiar kind of funny and it’s strangely attractive.
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