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Kick Up The Fire And Let The Flames Break Loose
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8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the second album for the Reading, England rock band.

Top Track

The Same Mistakes
And so it has to change The notebook's now in pieces Words we'll never sing I know you'll say i've simply jumped the gun And that they've won But you... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Stylus Magazine
    92
    In its ambition, emotion, aggression and intelligence, Kick Up The Fire, And Let The Flames Break Loose is a work of sheer bloody genius.
  2. Alternative Press
    80
    Loose continually festers with a blistering intensity and creativity that's not for the closed-minded or faint of heart. [Feb 2004, p.88]
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  3. Drowned In Sound
    80
    It's different without being aggravating and intelligent without ever being overbearing.
  4. Junkmedia
    75
    What the band lack in cohesion they make up for with a healthy mania.
  5. Dot Music
    70
    Everything suggests they have a great album within them, but this isn't it.
  6. Splendid
    60
    Although the Cooper Temple Clause pack plenty of celestial firepower and darkwave ambiance into their six-minute movements, by the time they unveil the epic "Written Apology", the sheer compositional weight is too much for a mortal listener to handle.
  7. Rolling Stone
    40
    In a mistaken lunge at maturity, the Cooper Temple Clause devote much of Kick Up the Fire to chilled introspection and black-water ambience.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. KenzuK
    Dec 4, 2004
    10
    I've listened to this album since it's 2003 release and I haven't bought a better record after since. It's good. I've listened to this album since it's 2003 release and I haven't bought a better record after since. It's good. It's so bloody good. Compare it to what you want but in my opinion it is nothing else but TCTC. They have created their own sound, (no its not radiohead or oasis or whatever some reviewers are saying) obviously influenced by these reviewers comparisons but these influences have not left footprints in the actual music. This album is why I listen to music and almost nothing goes even near it. … Expand
  2. coalgove
    May 5, 2004
    10
    I saw them live. Was blown away with the sheer genius and madness of tctc. Buy the album, you will not regret it. Mine has not left my cd I saw them live. Was blown away with the sheer genius and madness of tctc. Buy the album, you will not regret it. Mine has not left my cd player for a month.… Expand
  4. richardm
    Feb 17, 2004
    9
    fine album, the hybrid of some impressive riffs, the proof of the most intense synths around these days, and some very deep lyrics. and fine album, the hybrid of some impressive riffs, the proof of the most intense synths around these days, and some very deep lyrics. and promises promises proves they have the rock within them.… Expand
  5. CraigC
    Oct 28, 2003
    9
    Another great record by CTC. One of the best bands in England, and typically being ignored here.
  6. RandyL
    May 5, 2004
    9
    Very very impressive, never got to hear their 1st album so this was my first taste of CTC. Intense, innovative and emotional, truly Very very impressive, never got to hear their 1st album so this was my first taste of CTC. Intense, innovative and emotional, truly progressive rock. … Expand
  7. PaulF
    Feb 15, 2005
    9
    After hearing the first album I wasn't sure whether to get the follow up. I'm not saying that the first was particularly bad, it After hearing the first album I wasn't sure whether to get the follow up. I'm not saying that the first was particularly bad, it just wasn't that great. However, after hearing so many positives about this one I decided to go get it. Lets just say I'm amazed at how far the Cooper Temple Clause have moved on from See This Through and Leave. Kick up the fire... is so much darker, so much stranger and so much more original. Even if you didn't like their first album, this one is a must own. It's grips you from the fantastic opening track 'The Same Mistakes' to the epic ending of 'Written Apology'. This is alternative rock at its very best and probably one of the greatest most original albums ever released.… Expand
  8. MarcO
    Apr 1, 2004
    8
    Shows the band has matured since their debut, and although it seems less loud than 'See This Through And Leave', some parts are Shows the band has matured since their debut, and although it seems less loud than 'See This Through And Leave', some parts are genuinely fiercer.… Expand

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#97 Most Shared Album of 2004