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9.0
17427
9.0 |
BBC
A cracking pop album and a fine addition to a great band’s already impressive catalogue
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9.0
17565
9.0 |
PopMatters
The album collects most of the winning stylistic evolutions that the band has undergone during the past decade and produces something fresh: a modern rock album without a single skip song
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9.0
17598
9.0 |
No Ripcord
Write About Love may not be a great leap forward for Belle and Sebastian, but it’s such an enjoyable record it’s difficult to hold it against them
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9.0
17711
9.0 |
Clash
A beautifully mellow comeback for the modest indie-pop luminaries
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9.0
19187
9.0 |
FasterLouder
It’s a delicious thrill to see the band continue to set the standard for whimsical, wordy melodicism
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8.2
17564
8.2 |
Pitchfork
Write About Love is a grower-- the sort of record you need to play repeatedly, listening to how it fits together, before it can really ingratiate itself
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8.0
17774
8.0 |
Prefix
Perhaps destined to become a cult classic in the vein of Teenage Fanclub’s ‘Thirteen’, ‘Write About Love’ is a quietly brilliant listen
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8.0
17493
8.0 |
The Guardian
It takes just under four minutes for Belle and Sebastian's eighth album to demand a place among the best of their career
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8.0
17516
8.0 |
Evening Standard
The first album in more than four years from the twee-pop pioneers — and the wait has done them the world of good ... Terrific
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8.0
17452
8.0 |
BBC
Write About Love is a cracking pop album and a fine addition to a great band’s already impressive catalogue
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8.0
17015
8.0 |
Mojo
It's a cracker given time. Print edition only
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8.0
17039
8.0 |
Q
Prove their sense of indie wonder remains undimmed. Print edition only
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8.0
17090
8.0 |
The Skinny
There are parts of Belle & Seb’s eighth studio album as great as anything they’ve done before
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7.0
17278
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Your impression will depend on your expectations, which if kept reasonable, could result in a pleasant listen
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7.0
17370
7.0 |
Spin
It’s playful, bouncy, witty, classic, and classy
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7.0
17546
7.0 |
The Observer
The record's finest moments are still the band doing what they do best, as with the sprightly and sentimental "I Didn't See It Coming"
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7.0
17597
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
As good as anything they’ve put out in the last decade
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7.0
16942
7.0 |
musicOMH
Falls short in terms of a lack of progression and showcases very little creative ambition
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7.0
17485
7.0 |
State
An enjoyable, if unremarkable, listen
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7.0
19134
7.0 |
Under The Radar
Murdoch hasn't lost his romantic idealism
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7.0
17909
7.0 |
Prefix
A Belle & Sebastian record that doesn't reinvent anything; the musicians have embraced a warm vibe that feels like sitting down with an old friend, one that hasn't embarrassed himself
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6.0
18120
6.0 |
Rave Magazine
Write About Love isn’t anything to cry about, but it’s nothing to get overly excited for either
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6.0
17903
6.0 |
The Quietus
When Murdoch brings his A-game to Write About Love...he is still a songwriter of formidable pedigree, capable of making you laugh and cry, often on the same track
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6.0
17727
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Enhanced by the kind of classic 1960s girl-pop melodies that you thought disappeared with the likes of Sandi Shaw, Petula Clark and (no, really!) Cilla Black
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6.0
17609
6.0 |
The Scotsman
Murdoch can still light upon poetic turns of phrase but his whimsical lexicon sounds a little weary for the most part
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6.0
17551
6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Perfectly pleasant country-folk and twee, 1960s-derived indie-pop that will appeal hugely to the faithful
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6.0
17403
6.0 |
NME
Finds them pondering the same winsomely kooky themes they always have. Print edition only
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6.0
17017
6.0 |
Uncut
Excruciatingly fey in places, but then you know what to expect by now. Print edition only
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5.0
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5.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Write About Love has enough to recommend it, but too little to justify its existence
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4.0
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4.0 |
Daily Telegraph
It’s alarmingly ploddy and bland – what happened?
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4.0
17460
4.0 |
Eye Weekly
Maybe it’s time to write about something different
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