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Meteorites

Echo And The Bunnymen

Meteorites

Twelth studio album from the long-running post punkers Ian McCullough and Will Sergeant

ADM rating[?]

5.8

Label
Caroline International S&D
UK Release date
26/05/2014
US Release date
03/06/2014
  1. 8.0 |   All Music

    Between the impressive set of songs, the totally invested performances, and Youth's brilliant production, Meteorites ends up as a late-in-the-game triumph for the band and a worthy successor to their finest album, Ocean Rain
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  2. 7.3 |   Paste Magazine

    As a whole, the record is damn good—as good, and probably better, than what most bands attempting to echo what the Bunnymen are doing
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  3. 6.5 |   The Quietus

    A reliable entry but not a jawdropper. If such is the way of many bands over the years, it's still a source of regret to see it from a band that seemed to ring out from mountaintops
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  4. 6.5 |   Under The Radar

    It's not a comeback album, but rather a reminder that The Bunnymen are still around
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  5. 6.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    It’s hard to ever imagine a terrible Bunnymen record, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult to envisage another brilliant one, too
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  6. 6.0 |   The Music

    The title track is one of their default sweeping vistas, while Constantinople’s Eastern ring also recalls their early ‘80s heyday
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  7. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Album 12 yields mixed results. print edition only

  8. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Addressing personal demons, emotional extremes and existential crises across 10 songs. Print edition only

  9. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    A decent, if hardly vital, album from one of this country’s true national treasures
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  10. 6.0 |   Pitchfork

    The band ran out of things to prove a long time ago, and as uncertain as the lyrics have become, the music has largely drifted into a comfort zone the band can’t quite coax itself out of
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  11. 6.0 |   NME

    The candour of the lyrics and song titles here is to be admired. But, as a whole, 'Meteorites' fails to set the sky on fire
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  12. 6.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Finds the Bunnymen almost reclaiming the mojo they’ve seemingly lost for such an age
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  13. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Producer Youth brings a full, vigorous sound to Holy Moses and the swirling, mystical Constantinople
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  14. 5.8 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Is this album good? Yes. Great? No. But then why should we expect greatness consistently, especially in a field that has so many artistic peaks and valleys?
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  15. 5.0 |   Exclaim

    For much of Meteorites, strings attempt to fill in the hole that was the band's characteristically dynamic, propulsive low-end, to mixed results
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  16. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    Listen and wonder to the glory of “Stars Are Stars” and “The Killing Moon”; then download the best bits of Meteorites and give credit to Mac and Sergeant that they can still occasionally make music that conjures up what made the Bunnymen so unique
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  17. 5.0 |   Clash

    ‘Meteorites’ is the sound of a once-great band bursting into flames on re-entry
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  18. 3.0 |   Beardfood

    An album chalk full of generic structures and very little impressiveness
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