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10.0
145600
10.0 |
Record Collector
The word ‘love’ is sung over 60 times on the album; old love, lost love, parental love, familial love, love for country and concern for future. Like the greatest of Dexys works, its flaws contribute to the entire picture
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9.0
145643
9.0 |
All Music
It's a true delight that Dexys Midnight Runners are back to reclaim their place in the pop music firmament and LOVE is nothing less than a late career highlight that pales not at all when held up to their early work
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8.0
145601
8.0 |
PopMatters
LOVE is the first album credited to Dexys Midnight Runners since 1985, an apposite gesture since the themes and undertones link back to Don’t Stand Me Down
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8.0
145602
8.0 |
Mojo
Producer David Holmes gives LOVE a warm, organic richness. If it were to be Dexys' final album, LOVE feels like a fitting end to the journey that started with Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
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8.0
145603
8.0 |
Uncut
If this is the end, it's a poignant and graceful farewell. Print edition only
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8.0
145615
8.0 |
Spill Magazine
With almost a countless number of releases since the opening salvo on Searching Four Young Soul Rebels (1980) it seems that Rowland has gone full circle, and in quite a great manner at that. Hopefully, this is not the last one
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8.0
145619
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
Lyrically, it’s a very personal record – but musically it’s very much a band record
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8.0
145621
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It’s easy to be charmed by LOVE, which transcends place and generation to immerse us once again in the Dexys Midnight Runners world: a place shaped by the many forms of love a life can encounter, with Rowland as riveting a protagonist as ever
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4.0
145652
4.0 |
The Arts Desk
With its strings, slowies and lush M.O.R production, the music sometimes achieves the emotional impact it aims for
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