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8.0
80779
8.0 |
NME
Features some of the most euphoric pop songs Hutchcraft and Anderson have ever written
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8.0
80781
8.0 |
All Music
Plays as one giant, flamboyant arc; a backward swoon onto the bloody dancefloor
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8.0
80782
8.0 |
DIY
When Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson unearth their gaudier side, they hit on a bold new direction
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6.0
80808
6.0 |
Q
The results can take on a stirring urgency. Print edition only
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5.5
80777
5.5 |
PopMatters
(Take 1) If only Theo’s words were as riveting as his voice (7/10). (Take 2) Whilst there are flashes of the burning ambitions of yore too much here is bland, formulaic and depressingly dull (4/10)
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5.0
80840
5.0 |
musicOMH
Hurts can do – and have done – better than this
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4.0
80846
4.0 |
The List
It’s music, make no mistake, of which Gary Barlow would be very proud. Not Take That Gary Barlow, though; just solo Gary Barlow
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4.0
80942
4.0 |
Clash
Hurts have always been pretty unabashed about their mainstream ambitions, which is fine, but as they explore them further, it becomes easier to strip away the affectations and see them for what they truly are: a cheesy pop band
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4.0
80780
4.0 |
The Guardian
Ludicrously overwrought ballads that could have worked as X Factor montages
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4.0
80776
4.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Hutchcraft might be the real problem here: he’s good at what he does, but he only does one thing: big and sad and serious
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2.0
80778
2.0 |
The Arts Desk
Hysterical hi-NRG stomping delivered with po-faced bombast
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