by
Lupine Howl
- Record Label: Beggars Banquet
- Release Date: Feb 4, 2003
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Q MagazineAn eerily precise facsimile of the grandiose, broken-down dream rock of The Verve.... Close your eyes and it could be 1997 again. [Nov 2002, p.105]
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UncutPlaintive desert rock and gilded chamber pop with heart and poise. [Nov 2002, p.122]
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The real problem is that Lupine Howl doesn't really do enough here to distinguish itself from other bands, drawing from such obvious influences as the Rolling Stones and the Doors, and in a lot of ways the album sounds like a tour of '90s retro-influenced bands like the Charlatans, Oasis, or even the Black Crowes.
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MagnetPlay[s] like a remember-the-'90s rundown. [#58, p.98]
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Alternative PressUnfortunately, as with many Verve albums, Bar's dreamy tempos and strung-out riffs, while fragile and beautiful, start to fade into a middling mess of sameness around the middle of the disc. [March 2003, p.98]
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True to form, The Bar at the End of the World is an all or nothing album. From its first moment, it is bombastic, pompous, obscure to the point of disturbing.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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greghFeb 24, 2003wicked