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10.0
302
10.0 |
The Guardian
This could prove a modern classic
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9.1
305
9.1 |
Pitchfork
The canniness of Album's production choices and the scuzzy depression of the lyrics and the gut-level songwriting instincts, along with everything else about the record, add up to something elusive and fascinating-- maybe even heartbreaking.
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9.0
307
9.0 |
NME
In a world of cynical bandwagon jumping, careerist indie and – yes – quotes over chords, Girls are genuine drop-outs, bona-fide freaks who’ve made a record far removed from the predictable cycles of the music industry.
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8.2
10714
8.2 |
Pitchfork
The quick highs, dissatisfaction, and longing can't hide how terrifically fun most of I Will Be is
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8.0
6368
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
The band know they’re aping every pop convention in the book, and they’re going to make sure you enjoy it
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8.0
6821
8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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8.0
10501
8.0 |
The Guardian
I Will Be is undeniably derivative – but exhilarating with it
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8.0
308
8.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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8.0
303
8.0 |
The Irish Times
These cracked ballads, hard-hitting anthems and freakily innocent Californian pop moments all come with fuzzy, ethereal, sun-soaked sounds, and White’s production evokes a magical sonic world.
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8.0
304
8.0 |
Clash
They put their alchemy of sound through a sunshine filter and bring it out the other side and end up sounding unique and blissful.
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8.0
299
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Its their frivolous experimentalism and willingness to toy with all aspects of the past that make Girls such an invitingly warm and honest proposition
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8.0
300
8.0 |
Uncut
Lurches bizarrely from the heart-rending to the goofy to the simply spaced-out, but what it lacks in polish it makes up for with buckets of charm.
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7.0
301
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Gorgeous songs that range from Buddy Holly-style rock to prom balladry
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6.0
309
6.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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6.0
310
6.0 |
No Ripcord
Album’s best songs (Lust for Life, Laura, and Hellhole Ratrace) are utterly essential, but take these out of the equation and there’s really very little to get excited about.
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6.0
306
6.0 |
The Quietus
Their only problem … is that whichever song of theirs is playing, it mostly makes you wish you were listening to the original instead.
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6.0
298
6.0 |
The List
Catchy hooks and sun-kissed Californian melodies inform the initial aesthetic but there’s a melancholic subcurrent
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4.0
10999
4.0 |
The Guardian
Little Miss Naughty has Stride climbing aboard the Auto-Tune bandwagon, but that musical step forward is cancelled out by his having actually titled a song Little Miss Naughty: bewildering
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