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- Record Label: Astralwerks / Licking Fingers
- Release Date: Jun 29, 2004
- Summary: The Swedish group (originally formed 9 years ago as an all-girl trio, but now featuring 8 full-time members) make their international debut with an album that manages to combine elements of classic Motown, Mazzy Star and the Velvet Underground.
- Record Label: Astralwerks / Licking Fingers
- Genre(s): Indie, Pop
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 21
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Mixed: 6 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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Alternative PressA snow globe of an album that's sparkling, brilliant and only held back by gravity. [Aug 2004, p.106]
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FilterIt's simple, easy listening. [#11, p.98]
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The tracks on The Concretes are easily their most accomplished, fluid statement to date.
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While the songs have a tendency to run together with an overall sameness, the album as a whole is greater than its individual parts.
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Definitely mysterious, but the songs on this record are obvious when it comes to the Concretes’ influences.
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It starts with impressive gusto but meanders towards the end, drifting into slow, forgettable balladry.
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All of this material is spirited, pleasant, and grounded in the context of rock history, but I'm still wondering who it is I'm listening to.
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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MarcusCOct 13, 2004Pure bliss. This is the best pop album of the year.
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ParisPOct 22, 2004
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DanB.Feb 6, 2005Love it. Tell me "Lonely As Can Be" is not absolutely amazing. Just tell me. I'll smack you upside the head if you do, tho.
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