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Bread And Circuses

The View

Bread And Circuses

Third album from the Dundee indie rock quartet

ADM rating[?]

5.4

Label
Columbia
UK Release date
14/03/2011
US Release date
22/03/2011
  1. 8.5 |   BBC

    Where The View’s ambition gels seamlessly with their ability and strengths, and magic results
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  2. 8.0 |   Q

    The emphasis here is on gargantuan choruses. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    The View have restored much of their early promise as an excellent rock band – but it may be too little, too late
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  4. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Cathartic and lovely, Bread And Circuses is pure self-indulgent fun
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  5. 6.0 |   NME

    There's too much on here ... which sees the band sound as edgy as - gulp - McFly
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  6. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    There are moments when they descend into pub-rock territory – on Grace and Beautiful, in particular – but overall it's solid, well-written and anthemic
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  7. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    They show applaudable ability to strike a balance between radio-friendliness and ingenuity
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  8. 6.0 |   The Scotsman

    [They still come] across as essentially the same gang of mates who get wasted, have their feelings trampled by girls, heal over a bonding bevvy with their mates, then wake up with a hangover and begin the whole cycle again
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  9. 5.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A fairly generic sounding list of songs that could have been written by anyone who knows how to strum a guitar
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  10. 5.0 |   DIY

    It seems they’re stuck in a musical no man’s land, with this record neither progressing them further nor leading them off in any new thrilling direction
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  11. 4.0 |   Mojo

    The overall effect is like being trapped in a lift with McFly on a sugar-rush. Print edition only

  12. 4.0 |   Uncut

    The View's handicap is the sheer lumpen ordinariness of their songwriting. Print edition only

  13. 2.0 |   The Fly

    It’s largely an inability to shake off the annoying nuances of their past records that let this LP down
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  14. 2.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Come the looming revolution, everyone responsible for this fetid excretion will get their time against the wall
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