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BlenderThe scholarship is too obvious at times... But at their streamlined best... it's like Britpop's glory years never waned. [Oct 2006, p.137]
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Greater things may well be in the pipeline for The Kooks, but this is sadly lacking in anything to fall - or indeed remain - in love with.
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The Kooks take elements from their up-and-coming peers and a name from Hunky Dory, achieving an adolescent universality that's at once their strongest pitch and greatest failing.
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There are a couple of decent Brit-pop numbers... but the rest is utterly forgettable, shoddily produced retro rock that at its worst sounds like a Brighton-accented version of the Spin Doctors, minus the hit songs and amusing facial hair.
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UncutBreathless power-pop offset by an innuendo-laden lyricism. [Mar 2006, p.98]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 67 out of 80
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Mixed: 5 out of 80
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Negative: 8 out of 80
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Feb 16, 2012
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Apr 13, 2011
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TJSep 29, 2007