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Gimme Some

Peter Björn And John

Gimme Some

Sixth album of jangly indie pop from the Swedish trio

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Cooking Vinyl
UK Release date
28/03/2011
US Release date
29/03/2011
  1. 9.0 |   Clash

    It may be a little hasty to admit this soon, but this is a contender for 2011’s best
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  2. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    Reveals a band that is reinvigorated, one that has remembered what it was like to make music without forcing the issue
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  3. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    A very trademark “indie” album, with a pop-but-not-quite-popular sound for all the hipsters out there
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  4. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Have returned to their pure pop-rock values with barnstorming results. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   Eye Weekly

    Won’t yield a track destined to light up dancefloors across the hemisphere, but over-the-top ubiquity is by no means a necessity when all you’re looking for is a good time
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  6. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    A muscular indie rock collection
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  7. 8.0 |   Bowlegs

    Not a game changer by any means, but an example of stellar song-writing nonetheless
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  8. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Just as at home making twee, danceable pop songs as they are playing around with skeletal electronics or scruffy indie rock
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  9. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Maybe Gimme Some will be the one to make people realise that there’s a lot more to Peter, Bjorn and John than that insufferable whistle
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  10. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Latest album Gimme Some may be the record where we all remember why we fell in love with Peter Bjorn & John in first place
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  11. 7.0 |   Spin

    If the least they do is keep revealing new shades of the familiar, it's worth sticking around and seeing this band through
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  12. 7.0 |   The 405

    Some tracks seem a bit watered down this time around, and although their sound is still as folksy as ever, the lyrics have started to get a bit dark
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  13. 7.0 |   NME

    They're sounding like a band with something to prove
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  14. 7.0 |   BBC

    They seem to have stopped trying to subvert their pop nous and accept what they do best, and for the most part it works a treat
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  15. 7.0 |   AU Review

    Benefits from a garage vibe – prominent drum rhythms, clanging guitars and distant harmonies – but at times, it feels like the CD has skipped and Vampire Weekend have taken over
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  16. 6.7 |   A.V. Club

    [A] retreat to light-hearted pop after the coolly received electro experiments of 2009’s Living Thing
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  17. 6.2 |   Pitchfork

    Nothing to whistle home about
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  18. 6.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Doesn't find the band at their most creative
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  19. 6.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Constantly bringing up the merits of “Young Folks” may be the kind of thing to drive our favorite Swedes crazy, but from listening to this record, you can tell they respect their massive international mega-hit and want to make more music like it
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  20. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    A foray into Seventies English punk rock, early U2 and R.E.M. anthemics, arena-drum bombast and a cowbell-happy jam their fan Kanye West could flow over
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  21. 6.0 |   Slant Magazine

    This might be a more natural and relaxed PB&J having the time of their lives, but it certainly doesn't find the band at their most creative
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  22. 6.0 |   Under The Radar

    PB&J has returned to the realm of spiky pop pleasures
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  23. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    An album that adds up to a whole lot of fun. And isn’t that what good pop music should be?
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  24. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    A pop record through and through – albeit a spiky one in places
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  25. 6.0 |   Beats Per Minute

    Half awesome, half forgettable
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