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7.8
49988
7.8 |
The AU Review
The melodies are danceable but relaxed enough to simply put the music on, increase the volume and lie back and chill with your feet up and beer in hand
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7.5
50320
7.5 |
The 405
Well worth digging the big speakers out fo
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7.0
50098
7.0 |
Uncut
A subtle repositioning that deserves attention. Print edition only
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7.0
49962
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
A Ruby Suns record in name only. Everything else – the sounds, the hooks, the synthesized delivery – derives from chart-topping produce from the last 30 years
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7.0
50616
7.0 |
musicOMH
Christopher comes across as so eager to please that parts of the album lack vim where it’s needed, despite the luxuriant polish that’s been spread across all 10 songs
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6.0
49987
6.0 |
The Skinny
Pristine and glittery on the surface, but not enough to push McPhun up a league
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6.0
50061
6.0 |
NME
Decent fodder for your inner wimp
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6.0
50209
6.0 |
All Music
The occasional burst of incredible, disposable pop goes a long way, but sadly not long enough to make Christopher an entirely engaging experience
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5.8
50254
5.8 |
A.V. Club
Even if Christopher is almost always functional, it’s almost never essential
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5.8
50008
5.8 |
Pitchfork
The Ruby Suns want you to view Christopher as their entry into splashy chart pop
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5.5
50299
5.5 |
Prefix
No one will ever get sick of Love Songs – they’re an essential product of the thing we call the human condition. But it’s easy to get sick of these
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5.0
50525
5.0 |
No Ripcord
An album less about the titular female of desire and more about Owens fully immersing himself in the limelight and making the exact album he wanted to make
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5.0
50111
5.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
No matter how many people make scathing comments about the musical wares of Justin Bieber, writing a decent pop record is extremely difficult, and requires total commitment. The Ruby Suns might immerse themselves in the cause initially, but they soon come back up for air
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5.0
50182
5.0 |
Slant Magazine
The most cumbersome conversion of their sound yet
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4.4
49982
4.4 |
Bowlegs
This feels like yet another mis-guided step for McPhun – and it only takes us further from his much-loved debut
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4.0
49961
4.0 |
Clash
A phenomenally uneventful album, with noodly synth bits and squelchy, meandering programmed drums beneath entirely forgettable, wafting vocals
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4.0
50090
4.0 |
Q
The sooner McPhun sorts his love life out, the better. Print edition only
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4.0
50195
4.0 |
State
Lysandre ends up being a lost opportunity, a failed attempt at proving what Owens can do on his own
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4.0
50257
4.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
The Ruby Suns have always shone brightest when they kick their shoes to the sand and run with the breeze. As Christopher shows, they’re not quite so hot on the dark stuff
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4.0
50367
4.0 |
PopMatters
The few peaks of Christopher are heavily outweighed by its deep valleys and plodding middle ground, which pass by without so much as a signpost of remembrance
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4.0
51510
4.0 |
God Is In The TV
Soulless, limp, uninspiring
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