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MojoFeb 2, 2015Their tenth album is grand, moody and elegant in all the right places. [Feb 2015, p.90]
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Jan 21, 2015It is a shame, as when this album shines, with tracks like 'Kid Corner' and even 'Ruination', it seems like Archive could have really been onto something here, but have just missed the mark.
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Q MagazineJan 12, 2015They've deployed four singers, reined in their more cinematic flourishes and gone for a punchier approach. Those four singers inevitably mean a lack of cohesion. [Feb 2015, p.105]
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Jan 12, 2015In Restriction, Archive have created an album that does a fine job of representing their eclectic ethos, but this eclecticism also leads the album to occasionally touch on the edge of incoherence.
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Jan 12, 2015Archive seem strangely restricted, dulling their more inventive edges with a black-and-white quality of mood, texture, rhythm and melody, that leaves you craving emotional colour.
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UncutJan 12, 2015Restriction certainly has its moments, but you have to wade through a lot of dross to find them. [Feb 2015, p.73]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 14
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Mixed: 4 out of 14
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Negative: 2 out of 14
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