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8.0
14033
8.0 |
Uncut
Kenny Rogers fans may wish to saddle up and head for the hills, but anyone else might be pleasantly surprised
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8.0
14054
8.0 |
Q
It's the best work Lightbody has done. Print edition only
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8.0
14288
8.0 |
State
Not exactly Lightbody’s Nashville homage, then, but proof positive that he remains one of the most important songwriters this island has produced in the last decade
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8.0
15167
8.0 |
AU Review
Lightbody has proven that there’s life in the old dog yet
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7.0
14411
7.0 |
Clash
A gentle and mellifluous set of songs, it’s an album that’s haunted by a deep and evocative sense of fragile melancholy
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6.0
14510
6.0 |
musicOMH
It is a lot better than expected and there are some genuinely decent pieces of songwriting. However, to enjoy those you have to wade through a thick fog of filler
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6.0
14564
6.0 |
The Guardian
His best songs have a disarming, even humbling quality, and the beautifully widescreen likes of Northwestern Skies and Get on the Road find yet more mileage in Lightbody's favourite but ironic theme of escape
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6.0
14687
6.0 |
The Scotsman
A stripped-back, less chest-beating Snow Patrol rather than a distinct musical entity
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6.0
14329
6.0 |
The Independent
Full of 12-string, slide guitar and mandolin-driven folk-rock
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6.0
15007
6.0 |
Daily Telegraph
The results are subdued yet affecting, allowing low-key songs to build organically and hypnotically
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5.0
14372
5.0 |
The Observer
Beneath the broody exterior lies a thoroughly conventional set of songs, mildly diverting but risk-free.
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4.0
14398
4.0 |
Independent on Sunday
The inescapable truth is that if someone told you this was the new Snow Patrol album, you'd believe them
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4.0
14801
4.0 |
NME
Print edition only
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4.0
14556
4.0 |
BBC
This is a wet weekend of a record
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4.0
14360
4.0 |
Evening Standard
Buck remains strangely anonymous throughout. In the end, it's a vocal cameo by Lightbody's long-time collaborator Iain Archer that steals the show on I Am the Landslide
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4.0
14322
4.0 |
The Irish Times
Standout track Dead American Writers is a chart-polished, semi-country number very much in the vein of Tom Petty. With a crew this talented, this is a missed opportunity
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4.0
14061
4.0 |
Mojo
What does a tired pony do? Answer; it plods. Print edition only
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4.0
14273
4.0 |
NME
Print edition only
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4.0
18669
4.0 |
PopMatters
It will appeal only to the most ardent Snow Patrol fans
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4.0
19317
4.0 |
PopMatters
Despite all of the names involved, the only personality that shines through is Gary Lightbody’s, reluctant being the benevolent dictator that Tired Pony needs
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2.0
14487
2.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
This is a Snow Patrol album in a very poor disguise
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