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9.0
14821
9.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Anyone who lost interest circa their more difficult second album needs to give them another chance. Wonderful
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9.0
14824
9.0 |
The Digital Fix
As elegant as it is exuberant, album number three from the undervalued four piece not only raises the game, it takes the game, hefts is straight out of the stadium, cracks its knuckles and sets about that pesky rulebook with a chainsaw
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7.0
14389
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Whilst there’s no doubt that they are still heavily-rooted in the innocence of bygone times, here they’ve revealed just a bit of their somewhat wilder side and that might yet save them from disappearing into middle-aged obscurity
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7.0
14390
7.0 |
The Observer
It is finely crafted (with production from Valgeir Sigurdsson and string arrangements by the late Robert Kirby) and its low-key, melancholy mood yields moments of quiet beauty
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6.0
14387
6.0 |
musicOMH
The Runaway is a beautifully crafted album, which will no doubt make a lovely soundtrack to many people's summer
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6.0
14388
6.0 |
The Skinny
They clearly have real ability as songwriters and a knack in the studio
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6.0
14451
6.0 |
Uncut
FM pop at its most heartfelt. Print edition only
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6.0
14804
6.0 |
Evening Standard
There's no sign of the hit that could land them back in the popular consciousness
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6.0
14806
6.0 |
BBC
The album loses momentum towards the end, as mid-tempo lethargy drifts in. It’s a shame that the quality gets lost in the quantity
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6.0
15006
6.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Despite a couple of standout tracks The Runaway is an album that washes over you rather than sweeps you away
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6.0
15536
6.0 |
Rave Magazine
Runaway could have been a triumphant return to the spotlight; instead, it’s a passable congeries of AORisms that’s pleasant listening, but hardly life-changing
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4.8
14938
4.8 |
Pitchfork
For those of us who have been waiting for this band to realize how good they can truly be, it hasn't happened yet
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4.0
14896
4.0 |
The Scotsman
The Runaway walks a fine line between pleasant MOR listening and inoffensive blandness – only the gently seductive reverie of Restless River stands out
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4.0
14786
4.0 |
The Guardian
An elaborate souffle that doesn't quite rise to the occasion
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4.0
14391
4.0 |
State
The Runaway is bordering on sleep-inducing. On this evidence, the glory days are long, long gone
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4.0
14447
4.0 |
Q
Too few hooks back up the pretty tunes. Print edition only
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4.0
14448
4.0 |
Mojo
Suffers from an excess of emotional drizzle and not enough musical firestorms. Print edition only
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3.0
14799
3.0 |
NME
Print edition only
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