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Drama in music works perfectly fine in mediated, tactical doses, but for Tourist, the stakes are unrealistically high.
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A very disappointing step backwards.
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[A] ham-fisted attempt at being exactly like everything else.
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“Wires” does grow in stature with familiarity through radio exposure, and “Trading Air” could easily have the same kind of airplay success, but I can’t understand the mindset of anyone who’d want to play them over and over again when so many other, more exciting and intriguing things exist.
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If it's possible to imagine a gutted Coldplay or an even more comatose Snow Patrol, Athlete is it.
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UncutTourist begins earnestly... and continues through 11 torpid ballads, drained of all their earlier quirks, seemingly laboratory-designed for those who find Keane too edgy. [Feb 2005, p.83]
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UrbBeck (Sea Change) and Coldplay (Parachutes) already made the exponentially better versions of this album. [Jun 2005, p.76]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 47 out of 64
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Mixed: 6 out of 64
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Negative: 11 out of 64
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Jun 20, 2013
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ggFeb 14, 2007Great
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RobCNov 29, 2006Just one or two good songs. They came late, the bri-pop wave is not here anymore.