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Underproduced by Nick Cave producer Nick Launay, results are less the Smiths' heroic jangle than something from the muddier end of John Peel's Festive 50 circa 1987. Fans of "real indie" will be thrilled.
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On the first listen, Ignore the Ignorant sounds like a revelation—they’re all grown up now. But on repeated spins, the album becomes the most terrible of things: forgettable.
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Under The RadarTheir records have failed to capture their live verve and bile, too often bogged down by a sludgy production aesthetic. That is, until Ignore The Ignorant, the band's fourth and best album to date. [Holiday 2009, p.78]
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They’re still an incredibly likeable band, unashamed of being rabble-rousing without ever resorting to lowest common denominator tactics, but The Cribs have toned down the things that made them great.