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- Summary: The Birmingham, England post-punk quartet is the latest band to have the UK music press in a tizzy, with this debut LP drawing the usual comparisons to Joy Division and Echo & The Bunnymen. (Actually, they just sound like Interpol.)
- Record Label: Fader / Kitchenware
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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I'm so glad I've found this I'm so glad I did I'm so glad I've found this I'm so glad I did People are fragile things, you should know by now Be... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 23
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Mixed: 4 out of 23
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Negative: 0 out of 23
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The Back Room is a fine album that proves you can look backward while paving the way forward.
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It's an album of consistently high quality from start to finish.
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A debut that will endure.
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It is such a perfect counterfeit that it feels like the genuine article.
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Q MagazineAs much as The Back Room is a victory for style, it also strikes a blow for substance. [Aug 2005, p.135]
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Under The RadarEditors' sound is deeply and thoroughly derivative, to be sure. But they do it so well that by the time each chorus rolls around, you won't even notice your Robert Smith mascara running. [#10, p.110]
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The album starts repeating itself and the returns start diminishing.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 51 out of 63
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Mixed: 9 out of 63
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Negative: 3 out of 63
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TrekDFeb 27, 2007Love this album! Clearly, one of the best debuts ever.
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BLJayJun 11, 2007The best British album since the Stone Roses brilliant debut.
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EdgarApr 30, 2007Truly spectacular!
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EneasAug 17, 2005Great album. Almost perfect. As good as "Antics" and far better than "turn on the bright lights" althougth they have their own sound.
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plMay 3, 2007
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PeteFOct 1, 2005
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KreshnakKrakeAug 15, 2005
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