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Until The Earth Begins To Part

Broken Records

Until The Earth Begins To Part

Scottish seven-piece alt.folk-rock act with their debut album

ADM rating[?]

6.6

Label
4AD
UK Release date
01/06/2009
  1. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    It's rare for a debut album to sound this accomplished and confident, especially when the band have only been together for two years. Shout it from the rooftops though - with this record, Broken Records could well have a contender for album of the year on their hands.
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  2. 8.0 |   Clash

    One of the most brilliantly realised debuts of 2009, an album that collects its makers’ greatest arrangements to date and compiles them in an ordering that encourages complete-play digestion
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  3. 8.0 |   The List

    Positively brimming with ambition, confidence and diverse songsmithery... A properly thrilling debut.
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  4. 8.0 |   Spin

    Audaciously grandiose anthems and bleeding-heart ballads with a fervor that makes U2 seem shy. Refreshing playfulness and surprisingly light touch indicate they're really enjoying themselves
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  5. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    A very good album; each band member is skilled at his or her craft, and the album benefits from it. The fusion of Scottish folk with orchestral rock is nicely done and gives a unique edge to a band that will surely face the curse (albeit an earned one) of too many comparisons
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  6. 6.0 |   The Scotsman

    Veers close to the blandly mainstream
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  7. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Earnestness is the keynote of Broken Records' debut album, an intensity of purpose that threatens to engulf its 10 songs.
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  8. 5.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Some will find a great deal of enjoyment in the bombastic orchestral folk-rock in which Broken Records specialise. However, taken beyond face value, we have an album that displays a band with considerable potential, but which is disappointingly lacking in imagination: compositionally and lyrically
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  9. 4.9 |   Pitchfork

    Broken Records certainly believe in the redemptive power of a bunch of people playing instruments at the same time, particularly if they're chamber pieces like glockenspiel, balalaika, mandolin, and horns. If they can all come in after two or more minutes of piano piddling that comes off like narcoleptic Blue Nile (""Wolves"", ""Nearly Home""), even better
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