• Record Label: Virgin
  • Release Date: Sep 8, 2023
Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Sep 13, 2023
    80
    Of course their music is heavily in thrall to the 1960s, but they wear their influences with an easy-fitting indifference, like a comfortable jacket.
  2. Sep 8, 2023
    80
    The concept enhances the experience but ignorance of it doesn’t affect it as one of The Coral’s strengths has always been the powerful imagery their music creates.
  3. Sep 8, 2023
    80
    Deeply bruised, cinematic and graceful Western music is no match for their skills and Sea of Mirrors is another triumph for the band.
  4. Sep 8, 2023
    80
    Sea Of Mirrors stands up without the set dressing. It ends with a brief reprise of the opening track, gently lighting the aisles to the exits; you might well find yourself staying put in the dark, ready to let it run back to the start and play out again. [Oct 2023, p.76]
  5. Sep 8, 2023
    80
    It all adds up to quite a voyage: the Merseysiders’ most fully realised set of songs since their debut.
  6. Uncut
    Sep 8, 2023
    70
    Confirming the band's Merseyside-'67 LA space-time portal, retracing familiar if melodically firm ground. [Oct 2023, p.26]
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  1. Sep 11, 2023
    10
    The Coral are incapable of producing a bad album. When you compare their music to the vast majority of ‘new acts’ they are equivalent toThe Coral are incapable of producing a bad album. When you compare their music to the vast majority of ‘new acts’ they are equivalent to modern day Beatles. It sounds great on a first play-through and not an album full of singles, but an album full of fantastic, melodic songs. Highly recommended. Full Review »