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Walk The River

Guillemots

Walk The River

Third album from the Birmingham BRIT Award-nominated indie rock quartet fronted by Fyfe Dangerfield

ADM rating[?]

6.3

Label
Geffen
UK Release date
18/04/2011
US Release date
26/04/2011
  1. 8.0 |   Q

    It's restlessly inventive and soaringly melodic. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Carries the mood of singer-songwriter writ (very) large. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Every sound here contributes to a big, beautiful whole
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  4. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    WTR is a classy bit of radio-friendly Mercury-bait which highlights Dangerfield's development as a songwriter
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  5. 8.0 |   DIY

    It’s not for the faint-hearted but it’s certainly for the soft-hearted - three albums along, they still feed our hunger for the big, the wild and the honest
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  6. 7.0 |   Clash

    Walk The River represents a must-have for those with pop tastes
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  7. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    The most mature sounding Guillemots record to date, full of tender songwriting and stingingly poingnant lyrics
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  8. 7.0 |   AU Review

    A magical outing from the four-piece, and hopefully a sea change for their future sound
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  9. 7.0 |   The Fly

    Defiantly sky-punching stuff
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  10. 6.0 |   The Independent

    The dread spectre of U2 and Coldplay's billboard sincerity looms a little too large for comfort
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  11. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    It’s missing the spark that would make it as unforgettable as their wonderful debut.
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  12. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    There's a lot to like about this album. It comes armed with a pocketful of melodies and great musicianship. But yet somehow it doesn't convince
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  13. 6.0 |   The Scotsman

    Anthemic but overlong third album
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  14. 6.0 |   Scotland on Sunday

    Three albums and one Mercury Music nomination into an enigmatic career, and Fyfe Dangerfield's group are no closer to forging a distinctive identity
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  15. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Continually struggles against a tide of ill-considered quality control, suggesting a band at a crossroads of hesitancy and indecision
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  16. 6.0 |   The Observer

    A touch of heartache and bitterness seems to have done them good
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  17. 6.0 |   FasterLouder

    There is some truly lovely stuff on Walk The River, but at times it sags under the weight of its own seriousness
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  18. 6.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Some songs often drift off into nothingness
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  19. 5.9 |   Pitchfork

    Too many midtempo songs, too many minor-key acoustic strums, too many codas that outstay their welcome without really connecting
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  20. 5.0 |   NME

    A decent edit would change things from somnambulant to plain dreamy
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  21. 5.0 |   BBC

    No matter how hard one might try to love this album – and one can try very hard – there’s only disappoint at what could have been.
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  22. 5.0 |   The Digital Fix

    To hear Walk The River is like witnessing a magician being decloaked and stripped of his spells
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  23. 4.0 |   Uncut

    End up careening between melancholy, bombast and bad verse. Print edition only


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