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Kodaline

In A Perfect World

Debut full-length release from the Dublin-based indie rock four-piece

ADM rating[?]: 5.0
Label: RCA
UK Release date: 17/06/2013
US Release date: 16/07/2013

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8.0 55787
8.0 | Clash

Kodaline illustrate all the ingredients for greatness, with many a swooning chorus to invoke a thousand festival lighters held aloft
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7.6 56543
7.6 | AltSounds

The album produces a mixture of acoustic, rock and folk that merges to create a perfect summer sound
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7.0 55982
7.0 | Consequence Of Sound

An accomplished and emotive statement of intent, cinematic in scope and able to raise goose bumps at will
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7.0 55785
7.0 | musicOMH

As real big-bucks contenders, Kodaline aren’t quite there yet. But as a debut, In A Perfect World manages to find its feet with ease
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7.0 55850
7.0 | The Digital Fix

A fine achievement, demonstrating a talent for well-penned, catchy tunes
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6.0 55976
6.0 | State

While In A Perfect World doesn’t redefine anything, it does give them a direction
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6.0 55794
6.0 | The Independent

Kodaline offer a musical barometer of bankable current rock trends, but display scant originality on this debut album
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6.0 56038
6.0 | The Guardian

Hard to take in large doses
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4.0 56195
4.0 | Entertainment.ie

Their paint-by-numbers approach exposes a frustrating dearth of originality
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4.0 55834
4.0 | The Observer

For all their stadium uplift and notionally anthemic choruses, they never deliver a hook or melodic sucker punch that really floors you
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4.0 55786
4.0 | The Irish Times

The truth is that Kodaline are a bit drab
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3.0 55788
3.0 | DIY

A course in how to make an album through the art of box-ticking
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2.0 55789
2.0 | Q

Meritless. Print edition only
2.0 57025
2.0 | God Is In The TV

Indie-by-numbers, aiming for the stadiums, sorry, stars, that can be flogged by the bucketload
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2.0 59757
2.0 | PopMatters

In a perfect world, an album such as this one would have absolutely no reason to exist
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7.6 | AltSounds

7.0 | Consequence Of Sound

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7.0 | The Digital Fix

6.0 | State

6.0 | The Independent

6.0 | The Guardian

4.0 | Entertainment.ie

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4.0 | The Irish Times

3.0 | DIY

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