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8.0
17649
8.0 |
Mojo
A blueprint for the future of the waning Maximo Park is there in the motorik Our Lady Of Lourdes. Print edition only
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7.0
18593
7.0 |
Rave Magazine
While not as catchy or dramatic as its predecessors, Margins succeeds in showing another side of Paul Smith
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7.0
20799
7.0 |
FasterLouder
We can give Smith outstanding credit for his lyric-writing ability, but there are no hit tracks quite like Maxïmo Park’s Graffiti or Apply Some Pressure
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7.0
17558
7.0 |
Subba Cultcha
It would be a real shame if this spells the end for Maximo Park but on this evidence Smith will have no problems carving his own niche
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7.0
17581
7.0 |
Bowlegs
Each song feels warm and inviting, if not wholly groundbreaking or inspirational
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7.0
17592
7.0 |
AU Review
A collection of sparse, experimental, low-key tracks
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6.0
17586
6.0 |
The Fly
Although it’s nothing groundbreaking, ‘Margins’ is surprisingly stirring, proving, perhaps, that there’s more under the bowler hat than we first thought
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6.0
17554
6.0 |
BBC
Margins struggles to rise above the ordinary. Fans of Maxïmo Park will not be disappointed, but it’s frankly hard to see anyone else caring very much
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6.0
17555
6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
At no point is it a chore, but nor do you feel compelled to batter your friends' doors down imploring them to hear it
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6.0
17556
6.0 |
musicOMH
This is an LP at odds with Smith's erstwhile livewire approach
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6.0
17557
6.0 |
The Digital Fix
The most telling aspect of Margins is that the over-riding urge you’re left with is a taste for a fourth Maxïmo Park album rather than a sophomore Paul Smith solo outing
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6.0
17782
6.0 |
Culture Deluxe
Margins is kind of like listening to an album of Maximo Park B-sides
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6.0
17875
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Margins makes some attempt to move away from Smith’s previous sound, but ultimately it’s not a radical enough turn
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6.0
17655
6.0 |
Uncut
At its best Margins is unobtrusively impressive. Print edition only
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5.2
18585
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Pitchfork
Margins feels like an album of songs that needed to be exorcised more than shared
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5.0
17622
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Overall, the album is infuriatingly one-paced and fails to grasp your attention with enough conviction to genuinely emphasise with Smith’s demons and desires
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4.0
17635
4.0 |
State
An album of few redeeming features
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4.0
17653
4.0 |
Q
Too often let down on the songwriting front. Print edition only
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2.0
17713
2.0 |
NME
Mawkish and self-indulgent to the last, a wet weekend of a record, drably trudging through inelegant, wannabe-Mike Leigh vignettes into Smith’s failed relationship
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