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8.3
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8.3 |
A.V. Club
Might leave some of Noah & The Whale’s old audience behind, but the band appears to be headed in the right direction
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8.0
23408
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Sends home the message that being young and reckless doesn’t always have a price
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8.0
22549
8.0 |
Mojo
A near-total reinvention, and a triumph. Print edition only
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8.0
22553
8.0 |
Q
It succeeds thanks to Fink's languid delivery. Print edition only
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8.0
22741
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
Rich storytelling and infectiously upbeat folk held together by Fink’s husky but soothing vocal
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8.0
22794
8.0 |
NME
They've made a sincere, unironic record about how great life can be if you want it to be
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8.0
22853
8.0 |
The Guardian
A sparkling piece of work
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8.0
22881
8.0 |
The Independent
A confident, clear-headed quantum leap beyond their previous work
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8.0
22885
8.0 |
The Fly
A sound informed by gospel choirs, John Hughes’ 80s and the spirit of Bruce Springsteen
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8.0
22896
8.0 |
Evening Standard
They've stepped away from the acoustic guitars and made a glorious album of drivetime pop music
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8.0
22940
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Heartfelt, spirited, lyrical, moody and mostly magnificent pop rock
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8.0
22975
8.0 |
Clash
A guilty pop pleasure
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8.0
23022
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
More or less irresistible
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7.0
22997
7.0 |
DIY
Noah And The Whale's downbeat phase is definitely over
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7.0
22913
7.0 |
musicOMH
The pop whimsy is more defined this time around
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7.0
22426
7.0 |
BBC
More a continuation of their natural evolution rather than a dramatic change
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6.0
22951
6.0 |
The Observer
The music itself is too moderate and clean-lined to capture the excitement and disarray of the rough-and-tumble lives it scores
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6.0
23559
6.0 |
God Is In The TV
I just don't feel it has anything to say emotionally or musically that Noah and the Whale haven't said better with previous releases
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6.0
24223
6.0 |
Rave Magazine
Overall, it seems that Last Night On Earth is a testament to the band’s mastery of the art of making records that are not quite crap, but not quite brilliant either
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6.0
24828
6.0 |
Under The Radar
Tailor made to be a guilty pleasure album. And, in this case, that is not a bad thing
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5.0
24716
5.0 |
No Ripcord
Noah And The Whale would have done better to focus on the more organic sound they became quite good at than become just another forgettable crossover act
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5.0
23349
5.0 |
Pitchfork
An album that's as artfully inflated as it is vacuous and forgettable
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4.0
23049
4.0 |
The Scotsman
Banal polished breeziness
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4.0
23067
4.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
It rarely comes across as interesting, exciting, or personal
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4.0
22543
4.0 |
The Skinny
The dual personality of this record will, for some, make it worthy of investigation, but for others render it a disjointed experience
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4.0
22559
4.0 |
Uncut
This is a whole new level of phoney. Print edition only
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4.0
24511
4.0 |
PopMatters
Maybe by album number four, they will cease emulating and start evoking
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4.0
23782
4.0 |
State
It is nostalgia informed entirely by somebody else’s nostalgia
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2.0
22949
2.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Even if it's a joke, it's a joke you don't wanna hear
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