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If I Had A Hi-Fi

Nada Surf

If I Had A Hi-Fi

Palindromic 7th album of jangly cover versions from the long-serving US indie rockers

ADM rating[?]

7.0

Label
Mardev
UK Release date
03/05/2010
  1. 8.0 |   BBC

    Nada Surf demonstrate ably that they completely understand the merits of the music they're working with, and the results are ours to gratefully digest ... A surprising and emphatic success
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  2. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    This is how the covers album should be done, with tight technique and loving affection blending together to give the new versions life and bite
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  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Peeling guitars and regal harmonies. Print edition only

  4. 7.0 |   The Sunday Times

    Pretty much everything works, although most remarkable of all is a version of the Moody Blues’ Question that makes the hard, fast part of the song harder and faster, while making the slow, soft bit slower and softer
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  5. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    On If I Had a Hi-Fi, Nada Surf accomplishes the rare feat of producing a covers album that won't just waste space on your CD shelf
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  6. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Ultimately what places this covers album a notch higher than the rest is its unpretentiousness. Despite the use of strings and brass, plus other somewhat heavy-handed production choices, the band wisely manage to not overstep boundaries
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  7. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    Nada Surf have made a case for themselves as a relevant and meaningful band nearly fifteen years after their breakout single, Popular. If I Had A Hi-Fi is a covers album that stands on its own, and it's a nice reminder that this new millennium is not only populated by ironic drollery
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  8. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  9. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only


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