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8.5
15622
8.5 |
FasterLouder
Measured against much of the current vogue of USA indie pop The Coral are light years ahead on the creative continuum
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8.0
15331
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
A sentimental seaside frolic with your summer love, far more Beach Boys than Beefheart
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8.0
14270
8.0 |
NME
Ageless, soft-lit harmony-drenched songs. Print edition only
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8.0
14143
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
If you've dug their Love-meets-Bunnymen thing in the past, there's no reason you wouldn't again
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8.0
14165
8.0 |
Uncut
In recording a near-perfect period piece, let's hope they haven't snuffed out the mischievous spirit that made them so intriguing in the first place
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8.0
14173
8.0 |
Q
Proof that The Coral's psychedelic pop is now just as beautiful. Print edition only
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8.0
14294
8.0 |
The Skinny
The Merseyside outfit’s finest release since their first
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Irish Times
A jolting reminder of why The Coral are a band that really should never be overlooked or forgotten
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8.0
14359
8.0 |
Evening Standard
Confirms their status as the oldest young men in the music business
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7.0
14519
7.0 |
The Quietus
While Butterfly House may contain few surprises, what actually startles is that the band sound as if they're actually having fun with what they're doing
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7.0
14592
7.0 |
The Digital Fix
It's hard not to like an album inspired by a decade as rich and revolutionary as the 60s, and The Coral do what they do well
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7.0
14248
7.0 |
BBC
They were never, ever going to astound us by delivering a math-rock or dubstep album as their comeback, but Butterfly House successfully arrests a worrying decline
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7.0
14831
7.0 |
God Is In The TV
If their previous releases saw them suffering from growing-pains whilst trying to figure out who they were, ‘Butterfly House’ sees a band now finally comfortable in their own skin
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7.0
16740
7.0 |
PopMatters
The Coral’s Butterfly House exists as a welcoming aural paradis—though, thankfully, not an Oasis
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6.0
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6.0 |
Under The Radar
The summer album that works all year round
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6.0
14289
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
There’s plenty of harmonies, acoustic guitars and strings, while frontman James Skelly deploys what can only be described as a croon throughout
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6.0
14607
6.0 |
Daily Telegraph
An exquisitely harmonised, Byrds-referencing treat
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6.0
14674
6.0 |
Bowlegs
The Coral’s perfect vision has always felt strongest with the spirit and originality of their experimentation. That identity on the whole seems a little lost on this record
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6.0
14369
6.0 |
The Observer
Frontman James Skelly has never sounded so beautifully forlorn. But one yearns for more of the chaotic bravado that drove their early work
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6.0
14382
6.0 |
Clash
It’s all very ‘nice’ but only sporadically truly vital.
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6.0
14480
6.0 |
The Scotsman
Tramps further into their bucolic retro haven where no nasty 21st-century references can touch them and captures a consistently lovely, wistful atmosphere throughout
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6.0
14326
6.0 |
The Independent
This kind of retro-folk-rock has been done so much better recently by Midlake on The Courage of Others
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6.0
14341
6.0 |
The Guardian
Slowly but surely, the Coral are learning how to sound both mature and mercurial
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6.0
14177
6.0 |
Mojo
John Leckie's crisp production recalls his work with Stone Roses. Print edition only
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5.8
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5.8 |
Pitchfork
With each song, the déjà vu sense of pastiche is so pervasive it's hard to enjoy them as more than impeccable craft
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5.2
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Beats Per Minute
Put simply, British indie pop has well and truly left The Coral behind
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4.0
14488
4.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
From the sleeve art work to the John Leckie patented production, The Coral's fifth album screams out for comparison to the Stone Roses' first - which is hard to bear
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