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Universal acclaim- based on 18 Ratings
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Positive: 15 out of 18
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Mixed: 2 out of 18
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Negative: 1 out of 18
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JamesM.Aug 8, 2002An amazing albulm! Every song is brilliant and American/English is one of the best songs ever. Worth getting the whole albulm for that one song
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DavidB.Aug 14, 2002Consistently brilliant
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PaulWAug 8, 2004Pure class, it has been my favourite album for a long time now, i never get tired of it!
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BillW.Aug 27, 2002Every single song is totally awesome. "Out of Routine" is soooo sweet that I punched my dad RIGHT IN THE FACE!
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CharlieVApr 10, 2003It's an awesome album, and they perform it great live! to name some of the songs i like: Modern Way of Letting Go, You Held The World In Your Arms, American English, Scottish Fiction.
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MattS.Aug 26, 2002I have all three Idlewild albums and their mini-album "Captain", and I can say that their sound matures, but they are still damn good. Great album.
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ChowderHMay 31, 2004Excellent - by turns heart-wrenching melody, heart-pumping rock and heart-warming to find an album worth the money i spent on it!
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MiguelGFeb 11, 2005At first I listen to "You Held The Wold In Your Arms", and it was good. Then I heard "A Modern Way Of Letting Go", and it was even better. The thid song I heard, was great: "American English"!!! Then I get the album and... more than great. It may sound a little R.E.M.ish (in their "Document" times) at some points, but it only make even greater the album. I Highly recomend it
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Aug 15, 2011One of the best albums every recorded, Idlewild have a delicate way of summing up things about life and the world without ever mentioning them, still sounds as fresh today as it did when it was a released.
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mattaJul 19, 2005What on earth are these comparisons saying that they sound like REM??!! Talk about a slap in the face. Idlewild is way better, and this album is proof. One of the five best albums of 2003.
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Awards & Rankings
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MagnetAn embarrassment of riches. [#58, p.91]
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SpinIdlewild are compelling when they put Woomble's sad-sack lyrics front and center, but on aggressively average rockers like "You Held The World In Your Arms" and "Century After Century," the band's turgid squall swamps his words. [Jun 2003, p.103]
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They ratchet up the latent R.E.M.-isms, elevating themselves heads above their musical kin.