Revival
by Bellowhead
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Jun 30, 2014
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. The Telegraph (UK)
    Aug 25, 2014
    80
    There is a joyful exuberance to Revival, which has U2 and Coldplay arranger Rupert Christie at the helm.
  2. Mojo
    Jul 24, 2014
    80
    The results are generally spectacular. [Jul 2014, p.93]
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  3. Q Magazine
    Jul 2, 2014
    80
    There's something almost rave-friendly about their effervescence at times. [Aug 2014, p.102]
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  5. AllMusic
    Jul 1, 2014
    80
    Revival ranks among their best work and is definitely their most contemporary effort in tone.
  6. The Guardian
    Jul 1, 2014
    80
    The formula remains the same, with traditional songs reworked with rousing big-band arrangements, and from furious opener Let Her Run to the rock-influenced Greenwood Side, they sound slicker and more confident than ever.
  7. Uncut
    Jul 1, 2014
    70
    A cherry if tad predictable offering. [Jul 2014, p.71]
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  8. The Observer (UK)
    Jul 1, 2014
    60
    Subtlety is, of course, the first casualty in the stampede for the folk mosh pit, and singer Jon Boden sometimes strains too hard for drama, lapsing into hamminess on murder ballad Greenwood Side.

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