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The Monitor

Titus Andronicus

The Monitor

Second album of racuous indie noise and punk from the New Jersey outfit

ADM rating[?]

7.6

Label
Merok
UK Release date
08/03/2010
  1. 10.0 |   Eye Weekly

    Existentialist dread has never been so much fun
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  2. 9.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A stupendous collection of songs; one that demands to be listened to as loudly as you can possibly get away with
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  3. 9.0 |   Clash

    The general effect of the whole album is that the listener will want to weep and dance simultaneously. Simply brilliant
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  4. 9.0 |   The Fly

    It makes for stunning listening – raging, vitriolic lyrics in 14-minute, bagpipe-toting epics
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  5. 8.7 |   Pitchfork

    Anthemic chants, rousing sing-alongs, celebrations of binge drinking, marathon song titles, broken-hearted duets, punked-up Irish jigs, and classic rock lyric-stealing
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  6. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    On this evidence Titus Andronicus might be the most exciting indie-rock band around
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  7. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    The Monitor is maybe 20 minutes too long, and by the end you'll be as exhausted as exhilarated, but there's the promise of a rare and vivid talent here
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  8. 8.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    At its best moments, it reminds you of just how durable — and dangerous — a beast like rock ‘n’ roll can still be
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  9. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  10. 8.0 |   Spin

    ...it's a big-idea album that feels small and personable, even as it's kicking you in the shin
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  11. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Few other garage-rock brats can sneer or howl like Patrick Stickles, and certainly few other acts exhibit the same exuberence and rollicking lust for life
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  12. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  13. 8.0 |   State

    Precocious and self-indulgent, sure, but it’s literate and bursting with so much more life and grandiose than most hipsters of their age could even begin to dream about
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  14. 7.5 |   Bowlegs

    Titus Andronicus have made an unintentionally ambitious sounding record that will only make sense once it gets properly into the listeners’ psyche
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  15. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The band fires away, all martial snares, raging guitars and spit-spraying hollers, punk noise carved by folk roots
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  16. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    On first listen this thing didn't seem to have "levels" to speak of, for all that relentless go-go-GO of the drums ... on second and third listen one realises how flawless that technique can be
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  17. 7.0 |   NME

    Imperfect, and attractively so
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  18. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Like The Boss on speed. Fast, mean, furious, and for all the bitterness, a whole lot of fun
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  19. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    ...one of the smartest and most intelligent punk releases in a while, and one of the most enjoyable too
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  20. 7.0 |   Blurt

    Few bands take down-and-out as a badge of pride like these guys, turning "you will always be a loser" into a triumphant refrain about themselves
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  21. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    It finds Titus Andronicus with greater freedom and more tools at their disposal, but still in the position of figuring out what to do with them
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  22. 5.8 |   Beats Per Minute

    In their apparent eagerness to embrace the concept and make an important record, everything seems to collapse under the surrounding baggage
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  23. 4.0 |   Under The Radar

    As the album closes in on the fourteenth minute of the closing "The Battle of Hampton Roads," you may have already found yourself wondering if Johnny will ever be marching home
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