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Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings
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Positive: 12 out of 15
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JoeHNov 14, 2009Sadly a tired, stale, formulaic simulation of a once-legendary band.
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‘Think I Need It Too’, the best thing they’ve done in ages. And yet, much as we want to love it, the rest is a pulled punch.
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Ultimately, The Fountain is an echo of an echo, inessential to all but the band's most devoted followers.
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Their most accessible offering in a long time sees Ian McCulloch at his most lyrically playful and cocksure, hovering between confessional ("I cried a fountain dry") and mischievous, and firing off one-liners as if it were the band's 80s heyday.