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8.0
16654
8.0 |
Q
A winning way with a rattling pop tune is timeless. Print edition only
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8.0
16670
8.0 |
Evening Standard
Breaks little new ground but since it restates the old with such expertly crafted joy, it's not a problem
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8.0
16702
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Way better than it has any right to be
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7.0
16768
7.0 |
musicOMH
This is an album that celebrates OMD's electric romanticism as purely as ever
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6.0
17202
6.0 |
PopMatters
The best two-thirds of History of Modern will give you just enough of that old OMD magic to warrant a purchase
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6.0
17434
6.0 |
AU Review
A timely reminder of a band for whom the words “puzzlingly underestimated” might have been coined.
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6.0
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6.0 |
Mojo
As reiterated via his work for Atomic Kitten, singer Andy McCluskey rarely struggles for hooks. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
Clash
A must-have for fans of the iconic synth-pop foursome
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5.0
18341
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Under The Radar
About half way comes the white washed R&B of “Sometimes,” which is such a glaring blunder that it risks ruining HOM altogether
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5.0
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Pitchfork
At its best, HOM sticks to the sound that made OMD stars... while mostly ignoring the pre-America "difficult" stuff that made them interesting
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4.0
16638
4.0 |
Drowned In Sound
If you plotted a graph representing the downward trajectory of OMD’s output since Dazzleships then History of Modern would represent no deviation from nose dive which started in the late Eighties
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4.0
16639
4.0 |
BBC
This album does nothing to alter the notion that OMD have only travelled in the wrong direction since Dazzle Ships
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