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David Comes To Life

Fucked Up

David Comes To Life

Third album from the Toronto hardcore punk band

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8.0

Label
Matador
UK Release date
06/06/2011
US Release date
07/06/2011
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  1. 10.0 |   Rave Magazine

    So is June too early for album of the year calls? Fuck no
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  2. 10.0 |   A.V. Club

    The work of a band openly aspiring to be great, and pulling it off
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  3. 9.2 |   Beats Per Minute

    A liberating album that represents a giant step forward in every genre that it tackles and incorporates
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  4. 9.0 |   Spin

    It's one of the most overly complicated hard-rock records of the past ten years. It's also one of the best
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  5. 9.0 |   BBC

    One brilliant rock song follows another, defiantly leaden in construction but stalwart in performance. Rarely does such simple rock sound so satisfying
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  6. 9.0 |   The Digital Fix

    It is, by any measure, a triumph
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  7. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    Part unabashed love story, part whodunit mystery, part psychothriller, part existentialist exploration, part lefty agit-prop
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  8. 9.0 |   AU Review

    Loud, effectual punk music
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  9. 8.6 |   Pitchfork

    Absolutely worth the commitment, a convincing demonstration of what can happen when a band works without limitations
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  10. 8.5 |   The Quietus

    Major kudos is due for flying in the face of both fashion and the purists, for attempting something so huge and so daring, and - most importantly – for pulling it off so spectacularly
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  11. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Fucked Up sound little to nothing like anyone else in the game
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  12. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Superheroic themes, plus recent touring with Arcade Fire, seem to have intensified their sense of celebratory uplift. Print edition only

  13. 8.0 |   Mojo

    This is The Who's Tommy meets Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade, a devotional punk rock masterpiece. Print edition only

  14. 8.0 |   Q

    Startlingly ambitious and exhilaratingly loud. Print edition only

  15. 8.0 |   NME

    Diverse, dimensional and multi-layered tale of love lost, found and endured
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  16. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    The hooky riffs and unforgiving pace make it a fantastic rock album
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  17. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Captures the best of bar rock’s genial excitement, the intensity of hardcore, and the willingness to experiment of indie rock
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  18. 8.0 |   The Fly

    This is, dare we say it, more a pop opera – just of epic proportions
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  19. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Could Fucked Up be evolving into a bizarro-world Arcade Fire?
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  20. 8.0 |   Clash

    Solid musical cohesion and a thrusting triple-guitar assault that has an astounding clarity and is expertly choreographed
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  21. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    A mammoth 78-minute rock opera... Every track is attacked like a cavalry charge
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  22. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    It's big-budget, stadium-sized hardcore, thoughtfully raging, occasionally a little generic, but on the whole beautifully done
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  23. 8.0 |   The Observer

    The plot rarely makes sense but that hardly matters; as the riffs pile on top of each other, there's little choice but to submit
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  24. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Succeeds despite its dubious concept and daunting runtime, and though it may be hard to digest, it leaves a pleasant aftertaste
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  25. 7.5 |   Prefix

    This is the strangest pop record yet in 2011, and the hardest-rocking rock record too
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  26. 7.0 |   Bowlegs

    They mostly pull it off due to the catchy riffs and structured songs, but their inability to acknowledge when to stop ultimately hinders the record
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  27. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    They still sustain eighty minutes of rousing noise-swirl powerage
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  28. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    Even if you can't quite make out all the words to David's story, it still plays like a thriller
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  29. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    A triumphant listen
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  30. 4.0 |   State

    A sonically-accomplished but otherwise cold and repetitive rock album
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  31. 4.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Overlong, overstuffed songs and arrangements, ridiculous album concept and lyrical conceit
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