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8.0
136
8.0 |
Uncut
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7.0
141
7.0 |
musicOMH
A solid album is raised a bar by its direct communication... There are no frills here, just straightforward emoting and storytelling that the man on the street can relate to
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6.0
145
6.0 |
The Sunday Times
If you, the listener, are going to spend your precious pop time with a twitchy conspiracy theorist, let it be one charged with the job of fronting a band who apply equal parts momentum and melody to the job
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6.0
146
6.0 |
Daily Telegraph
A cross between the arch cleverness of Blur and crowd pleasing instincts of Oasis, with an added dash of agit-pop political urgency
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6.0
148
6.0 |
Q
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6.0
133
6.0 |
The Scotsman
If McClure seriously wants to engage, inspire and mobilise a wider audience, he will need to reel them in with better songs than these
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6.0
135
6.0 |
Mojo
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6.0
139
6.0 |
The Independent
Jon McClure's swashbuckling political commentaries state much the same things as before, but with added panache.
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6.0
140
6.0 |
The Irish Times
There’s a bit too much drab pub-rock filler to make this album essential, but as sermons go, it could be worse.
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5.0
134
5.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Employ a post-Madchester indie-dance template...The Sheffield band actually do possess a little of Ryder's chemically-damaged poetry, when they can be bothered
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4.0
138
4.0 |
The Guardian
Little but clumsily scribbled know-yer-enemy style juvenilia.
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4.0
147
4.0 |
Drowned In Sound
On this evidence it seems the Reverend may never possess the talent to match his ambition, meaning he could make another five albums without fulfilling the promises made in his 2008 manifesto. Perhaps it would be best if this album was a French kiss goodbye
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4.0
142
4.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
As someone who was disappointed when last year's announcement that ""Reverend"" John McLure was retiring proved to be yet another self-publicity stunt, this second album from the Makers seems cruel
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4.0
143
4.0 |
The Observer
Where the lyrics are thought-provoking, if obvious, the sound is an uninspiring blend of 60s psychedelia and 80s Madchester
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4.0
144
4.0 |
The Sunday Times
Predictable and unambitious dirges, mired in recycled Madchester psychedelia and default indie sonics
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2.0
137
2.0 |
The Quietus
At their best, protest songs have the power to provoke and galvanise but this sorry collection does neither. While there's no doubting McClure's sincerity, the fact that the medium fails to match – never mind carry – the message is too much of a missed opportunity and in these troubled times that just ain't good enough
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