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79

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6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

  • Summary: The 12th full-length release for the British alternative band led by Stuart Staples was recorded in six days.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Nov 15, 2019
    80
    No Treasure But Hope is much as you would expect: subdued and crepuscular, everything stripped back so each musical element is distinct and has its own breathing space.
  2. Dec 6, 2019
    80
    A group of veteran musicians who are committed to their craft, carrying themselves with stylish grace one crushing ballad at a time.
  3. Nov 15, 2019
    80
    As an album No Treasure But Hope feels both familiar yet also a development. Emotional density to the lyrics pairs admirably with passionate, compelling music, and it’s varied enough to encourage engagement from beginning to end.
  4. Nov 18, 2019
    80
    There's really no one else who does exactly what Tindersticks can, and No Treasure But Hope confirms they can not only create music of striking and forbidding beauty, they can do it in a hurry if need be.
  5. Q Magazine
    Nov 19, 2019
    80
    Tindersticks once again turn the spaces and losses into songs of substance. [Jan 2020, p.114]
  6. Dec 5, 2019
    78
    It’s one of their most contented and effusive albums, and as a result one of their most immediately accessible.
  7. Nov 15, 2019
    60
    The album's arrangements are uniformly beautiful, coddling Staples' vocals at all times, though sometimes to the point of being overly cloying.

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Score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Nov 15, 2019
    9
    A few listens and it’s easily up there with their best. Delivers that rush of melancholy and beauty that only this band can deliver. JustA few listens and it’s easily up there with their best. Delivers that rush of melancholy and beauty that only this band can deliver. Just wonderful, wonderful stuff one of the best discographies of the last forty years. Expand