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9.0
11927
9.0 |
PopMatters
Another masterstroke from the New Pornographers, one of those rare albums that reminds even the most jaded ear of the joys of pop music
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9.0
12117
9.0 |
Rave Magazine
Newman proves himself one of the brainiest power poppers working today with the superb single Crash Years, complete with immaculate Case lead vocal
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9.0
13765
9.0 |
FasterLouder
One of the most consistently irresistible efforts from the band. Together is just a complete pleasure
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8.1
11870
8.1 |
Beats Per Minute
A real return to form, and given the numerous disappointments of the year thus far, this is one comeback worth celebrating.
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8.0
11871
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
A triumph of a collective and intense appreciation of good pop music. Powerful and immediate, this could be their best album since Electric Version
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8.0
11757
8.0 |
musicOMH
Together is certainly far-reaching in its ambitions, and it often seems close to collapsing under the combined weight of all its collaborators, but it never falters, despite its dangerous dance
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7.3
11922
7.3 |
Pitchfork
If only because it rocks slightly more on a superficial level, the New Pornographers' fifth album, Together, will inevitably be labeled a return to form
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7.0
11915
7.0 |
NME
Their most consistent set yet
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7.0
12153
7.0 |
No Ripcord
Together disappoints in the same way that Challengers did. On its own, it’s a great record. Tacked onto the end of a sprawling, massively exciting discography, it just doesn’t deliver
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7.0
11764
7.0 |
Spin
The sharp riffs only occasionally add up to anything with a pulse, but the Pornos have always been bad mathematicians. Archaeology - that's their subject
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7.0
11827
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Together does not scale the heights of Mass Romantic and Twin Cinema, but then, The New Pornographers have already made Mass Romantic and Twin Cinema. This is something new, something hopeful
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7.0
11931
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Newman & Co. are approaching middle age still with things to say and making the music they like to make … even if the kind of pop they believe in seems to be over, luckily, nobody told them yet …
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7.0
11975
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Like much of Together, it's ornate, idiosyncratic and bittersweet all at once
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6.0
11811
6.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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6.0
11863
6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
If prizes were handed out for proficiency in the field of power pop, the New Pornographers would win every time
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6.0
11761
6.0 |
The Independent
Songwriter A C Newman can be a frustrating talent, boasting ideas to burn but often guilty of over-egging the arrangements
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6.0
11763
6.0 |
Eye Weekly
Together toes the line between being consistent and sounding too comfortable
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5.5
11866
5.5 |
Bowlegs
With ‘Challengers’ and now ‘Together’ the band feel less urgent, treading a little too safely within the confines of what can feel like cruise control
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5.0
11868
5.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Proves that The New Pornographers would be nowhere without Neko Case, who saves this record from sounding completely overwrought
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5.0
11881
5.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Ends up sounding too vocally divided as an album and at times too top-heavy with orchestral arrangements
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5.0
12386
5.0 |
Blurt
While it's nice to hear the band extend their reach into yet another direction here, the orchestral arrangements show a surprisingly lack of imagination
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4.0
11813
4.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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4.0
12027
4.0 |
Mojo
Phil Palazzolo's production is unamaginative, rendering interesting arrangements rather flat. Print edition only
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4.0
11807
4.0 |
Uncut
It would take a very straight face to refute the frequent echoes of The New Seakers or Fleetwood Mac. Print edition only
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