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Exile

Hurts

Exile

Second release from the moody Mancunian synthpop duo

ADM rating[?]

5.7

Label
Sony
UK Release date
11/03/2013
US Release date
19/03/2013
  1. 8.0 |   Q

    A lesson in expensive, expansive pop. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Suave synth duo Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson take things in a darker and heavier direction
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  3. 8.0 |   The Digital Fix

    There's a sense of reckless abandon second time around resulting in album highlights that surrender to the black
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  4. 8.0 |   All Music

    What's clear about Hurts on Exile is how skilled Hutchcraft and Anderson are at seamlessly incorporating their influences
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  5. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Exile careens towards the mainstream and is brimming with Top 40 hooks. They’re a pair with sights on pop megastardom
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  6. 7.0 |   DIY

    An evolutionary rather than revolutionary step for Messrs. Hutchcraft and Anderson, it nonetheless cements their place as mainstream pop's most daring and ambitious offering
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  7. 7.0 |   NME

    A record full of dramatic flourishes
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  8. 6.5 |   BBC

    Exile occasionally takes itself so seriously that it's hard not to smirk
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  9. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Striding, anthemic choruses that turn even the most overwrought songs into unshakeable earworms
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  10. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    This desire to write songs that are bigger than their niche, that are pop enough to fill an arena but dark enough to stand out, just doesn’t deliver
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  11. 5.0 |   Uncut

    What romance they once had has been traded for a masochistic air. Print edition only

  12. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    Exile isn’t as intriguing as it may think it is
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  13. 4.0 |   The Observer

    The duo's Ultravox-indebted synthpop continues to sound like melancholy as made by Topman
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  14. 4.0 |   Mojo

    Occasionally thrilling, often a little ridiculous. Print edition only

  15. 4.0 |   Clash

    A chilling example of naked ambition prioritising production style over songwriting substance
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  16. 4.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Substance isn’t a ballpark Anderson and Hutchcraft have any intention of playing in
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  17. 4.0 |   The Irish Times

    Hurts are taking themselves far too seriously for their own good
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  18. 2.0 |   The Independent

    Everything comes a distant second to style
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