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You Gotta Go There To Come Back
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Metascore
60

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7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

  • Summary: The Welsh band self-produced this fourth studio album.

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Maybe Tomorrow
I've been down and I'm wondering why These little black clouds Keep walking around With me With me It wastes time And I'd rather be high Think I'll... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. PopMatters
    80
    A very good album.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    [Kelly Jones'] occasionally catchy songs are besotted with American-style blues-derived stomp. [26 Sep 2003, p.94]
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  3. Dot Music
    70
    What some see as derivative, unoriginal bollocks others view as honesty, craft and a lack of pretension.
  4. Under The Radar
    60
    For fans, You Gotta Go... is just different enough from what came before to keep ears interested. For everyone else, this will seem like more of the same. [#5, p.103]
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  5. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    It's neither exhilarating nor challenging, but it is a solid and energetic work, imbued with an unambiguous love of old-time rock.
  6. Mojo
    40
    The lyrics are full of fleeting assignations and gruff, bumper-sticker wisdoms, apparently seeking to draw hard-bitten romance from the business of being in a band. [Jul 2003, p.107]
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  7. Outburn
    30
    A mind numbing mix of unexciting midtempo rockers and smarmy ballads. [#23, p.101]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. JamesG
    Aug 23, 2003
    10
    Tracks 8 and 9 are gr8 congrats to kelly, richard and stuart, on another gr8 album
  2. MoTe
    Mar 17, 2004
    10
    The critics seems to hate Stereophonics but the fans still love them. This is definitely their greatest album yet! Keep up the good work guys :)
  4. scaryfaery
    Nov 2, 2004
    10
    Good songs as an album and individually
  5. traceys
    Jul 9, 2003
    9
    fab can't get enough of track 9
  6. Carillon
    Apr 8, 2006
    8
    A great album that includes lots of nice tunes and a few so-so ones. But the good songs make them up.
  7. Mal
    Oct 13, 2003
    8
    It really surprises me that the metascore is only 59. The album is gorgeous, and it deserves better.
  8. AdamX
    Oct 31, 2003
    0
    just plain awful.

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