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10.0
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The Digital Fix
This may be the benchmark against which all modern rock albums are measured
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9.0
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musicOMH
Love them or loathe them, it is hard to ignore the brash confidence with which the band take another giant stride towards stadium dominance
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8.0
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NME
This is an album with much to love about it, but it falls just short of their real game-changer, 'West Ryder'
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8.0
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Q
It'll be the record to take Kasabian to stadium level. Print edition only
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8.0
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Uncut
Influences are writ large but channelled with conviction and aplomb. Print edition only
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8.0
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Mojo
Kasabian have always talked a good album, but Velociraptor! sees them deliver with verve and imagination. Print edition only
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The Fly
It’s far from perfection, but ‘Velociraptor!’ is an exercise in extravagance; and a hugely enjoyable one at that. If only more big bands would try so hard to upscale
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8.0
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The Independent
Kasabian talk a good fight with Velociraptor – and if the results don't quite bear out the bluster, that's probably more a reflection of the excellence of its predecessor than a measure of its own shortcomings
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8.0
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The Guardian
The sound of a band growing in confidence and mapping out their future
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8.0
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Daily Telegraph
Bright, poppy and exciting
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8.0
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Evening Standard
The sound of a band growing up: they could yet become rock's top predators
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8.0
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Consequence Of Sound
With such an eclectic display, Kasabian aren’t underdogs anymore. They’ve joined the other predators at the top of the food chain
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7.2
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Paste Magazine
Though the melodies, harmonies and instrumental layering on Velociraptor! are consistently strong and sophisticated, it still sounds like the band is retreading the ground of the Madchester scene
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7.0
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Slant Magazine
Even if Velociraptor! isn't quite the album the band promised it would be, it should be enough to prolong their tenure as British rock royalty
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7.0
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BBC
It sounds like a band still uncertain of exactly where they want to be, but determined to make the way there interesting
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7.0
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Clash
For more seasoned ears ‘Velociraptor!’ may be too mired in its obvious references
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No Ripcord
Given the band’s somewhat precarious position heading the bill of British indie rock, Velociraptor! should prove an unqualified success in keeping them there
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7.0
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PopMatters
It’s retro and ridiculous; it’s music that sounds like what tight trousers strutting down the boulevard with maximum attitude look like
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6.6
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Beats Per Minute
There are some sublime moments on Velociraptor! that are let down by some less than stellar moments
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6.0
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DIY
It demonstrates some restraint, small nuances and, whisper it, a certain maturity
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6.0
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State
Odd as it may sound, part of Velociraptor!’s charm is that it doesn’t always work
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6.0
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The Scotsman
Kasabian persist with the kids-in-a-toy shop approach to music
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6.0
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The Irish Times
Velociraptor! sees the Leicester foursome attempt to rip any last resistance to shreds and prove they’re not dadrock dinosaurs. It almost works
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6.0
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God Is In The TV
Fun and lively, with parroting sing-along lyrics for the masses
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5.0
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Drowned In Sound
For the most part, it feels like either overweening confidence or desire to snare rudderless Oasis fans has led to Kasabian attempting the sort of conventional guitar pop record that they’ve always so successfully avoided making
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4.0
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The Observer
With Oasis cleaved in two, Primal Scream in retreat and the wider field of British rock lying fallow, Kasabian are probably the only viable contenders for the top perch. They are becoming the daddies. But you wonder whether it is mostly by default
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