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8.0
66414
8.0 |
The Independent
An album mostly stuffed with the kind of calls to arms designed to get festivals jumping
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8.0
66428
8.0 |
Q
An all-out ambitious, stadium-ready and largely guitar free fifth album. Print edition only
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8.0
66553
8.0 |
State
Boorish, debauched and self-obsessed in all the right measures, 48:13 is a band at their best. The biggest stage awaits and Kasabian are more than ready to take it
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7.0
66586
7.0 |
NME
The cocky confidence that barrelled them into the big time might just be losing momentum - a band made of bold leaps have started dipping toes
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7.0
66513
7.0 |
Digital Spy
When Kasabian accept what they do best and run with it - and at least half of 48:13 stays resolutely in this spirit - they're the lairy masters of undeniably pumped-up hedonistic fun
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7.0
66445
7.0 |
The Digital Fix
Light on standout anthems, this is more of a sideways step - but Joe Public is likely to keep lapping it up
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6.6
66599
6.6 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
While there's little substance to be found on 48:13, it can either turn you off from the beginning or get under your skin, making for a harmless listen where you occasionally bang your head to the catchy highlights
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6.0
66623
6.0 |
The Music
48:13 isn’t the start of a musical revolution the way Kasabian dream it to be, but it’s still going to make you want to move
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6.0
66530
6.0 |
Evening Standard
Kasabian’s laddish rock is effective yet remains fatally immature and sometimes a bit daft. A decade into their career, they still haven’t made a great album
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6.0
66429
6.0 |
Mojo
Kasabian will get by nicely with their existant fanbase, whether 48:13means many new converts is less certain.Print edition only
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6.0
66458
6.0 |
The Guardian
For all the air of naffness that hangs over them, they never forget that their purpose is to entertain
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6.0
66499
6.0 |
The Observer
These synth lines, bass builds and drops augment Kasabian's core guitar music values – the riffing, the posturing, the chanting-instead-of-singing
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6.0
66415
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Kasabian could really do with exploring their feminine side - a touch less of the relentless blokey cockiness and they might hit unforeseen heights
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5.0
66417
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
It’s not a brilliant record, but if there’s good one thing to be said about 48:13, it's that it sounds like a band coming to terms with who they are and who they’re making music for
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5.0
66870
5.0 |
God Is In The TV
Highlights both the very best and the very worst sides of Kasabian
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5.0
67646
5.0 |
PopMatters
The abiding impression of 48:13 is that Kasabian have got exasperated with their inability to rise to the next level and have decided to give a bit of a two fingers to all and sundry
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4.0
66416
4.0 |
DIY
A little bit like if Jez and Super Hans from Peep Show got a record deal
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4.0
66502
4.0 |
musicOMH
Although it will undoubtedly be adored by Kasabian’s fiercely loyal army of fans, to the unconverted 48:13 sounds like a band running perilously low on ideas
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2.0
66418
2.0 |
Clash
This album might satiate the seasoned Kasabian fan, but for anyone else it just comes across as the dated output of false prophets
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