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Can Cladders
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.6

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  • Summary: Sean O'Hagan's first High Llamas album in four years sticks to his usual script of '60s-influenced pop.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. The A.V. Club
    91
    It's not a grand departure, just the best album yet by one of the modern-rock era's most loveable bands.
  2. Uncut
    80
    These articulate odes to pop's past strike the right balance between carefully studied craft and melodic inspiration. [Mar 2007, p.83]
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  3. AllMusic
    80
    Four years in the making, Can Cladders could have come off the presses as an indulgent, overwrought opus. Instead, it simply (but oh-so-craftily) distilled a career's worth of creative tangents into one solid, focused effort that, if you're observant enough, holds its own amongst the likes of the Llamas' comparative "elite."
  4. Q Magazine
    70
    This is laregly classic pastoral English whimsy at its best. [Apr 2007, p.119]
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  5. Paste Magazine
    70
    It's more than a little precious and fluffy for those without kaleidoscope eyes for the stuff, but if this is your bag, you'll know it (and love it). [Apr 2007, p.60]
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  6. PopMatters
    60
    O’Hagan seems to love style far more than substance.
  7. Stylus Magazine
    58
    Perhaps due to their prominence, Can Cladders works best when the strings are actually ditched.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. JamesB
    Mar 10, 2007
    8
    God bless, Sean O'Hagan for giving this occasionally jaded listener some sweet melodious relief. "Can Cladders" may not top The High God bless, Sean O'Hagan for giving this occasionally jaded listener some sweet melodious relief. "Can Cladders" may not top The High Llamas' masterpiece "Hawaii", but this new album is supremely delicious and wonderful. My favorite tracks are: "The Old Spring Town", "Can Cladders" and "Cove Cutters(Hills and Fields". These tunes are simply amazing, and the rest of this fantastic album is superb. Kudos once again Mr. O'H agan and thank you so much!… Expand
  2. SanderV.
    Dec 4, 2007
    8
    Although I believe that Cold & Bouncy is their masterpiece, this one gives me enough good and sweet feelings to play it every dreary Sunday. Although I believe that Cold & Bouncy is their masterpiece, this one gives me enough good and sweet feelings to play it every dreary Sunday. Sean's music is still the best "feel good music" since Brian Wilson stopped doing his thing.… Expand

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