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Giants

The Stranglers

Giants

Album number seventeen and first for six years for the veteran new wave band (minus original guitarist Hugh Cornwell) who formed in 1974

ADM rating[?]

6.4

Label
Coursegood
UK Release date
05/03/2012
US Release date
13/03/2012
  1. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    Hearing it for the first time no-one could doubt this is The Stranglers, and yet the tracks seem utterly fresh
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  2. 8.0 |   BBC

    Longstanding fans of the band will no doubt be able to immediately fall in line with Giants’ odd and unique groove
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  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    A band effortlessly inventive and still full of invective. Print edition only

  4. 7.0 |   The AU Review

    Redemption from the grind of time is sweet indeed and this album provides it for the most part with only a few hiccups
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  5. 7.0 |   AU Review

    With a drummer who turned 70 last year, we can’t be far from the end of the Stranglers but, unlike their peers, they’ve done themselves no disservice. Fair play
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  6. 6.0 |   Uncut

    It's a solid rather than spectacular effort. Print edition only

  7. 6.0 |   Q

    They've kept their distinctive shape and sound. Print edition only

  8. 6.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Proof positive that unfashionability is no barrier to delivering exactly the kind of album their long-time fanbase will appreciate
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  9. 4.0 |   DIY

    The musical equivalent of ‘painting-by-numbers’.
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  10. 4.0 |   The Skinny

    Often sounds more like four session musicians engaging in half-hearted pastiche than a serious attempt to pursue new directions
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