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This is an album that can (and I think will) transcend musical taste and age range... 'Lifeblood' may well live forever as one of the best commercial albums of the bands career.
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MojoAn album that nails its subtle-but-tenacious hooks with dignity and maturity. [Nov 2004, p.94]
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Infinitely better than their last album, and proof that The Manics are now capable of writing pop music that’s neither dull nor pandering.
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The lay-off germinated the usual clutter of ideas gleaned from books and films and their best tunes in years.
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While far from a smashing return to form on par with Everything Must Go (their career high-water mark), Lifeblood should reassure the public that the Manics are not yet artistically bankrupt.
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UncutLifeblood seems closest in tone to Everything Must Go, although the sound is lighter, less bombastic, more soothing. [Dec 2004, p.148]
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An often mediocre record, with a few peaks and an awful lot of troughs.
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Lifeblood is a pleasant listen, but once you peel away the keyboards, sensitively strummed guitars and tasteful harmonies and concentrate on Bradfield's nakedly open voice and Wire's terminally collegiate lyrics, it's hard to escape the unintentional pathos that winds up defining the album and, conceivably, the band's latter-day career.
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Q MagazineMiserable and insipid. [Dec 2004, p.130]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 31 out of 40
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Mixed: 6 out of 40
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Negative: 3 out of 40
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Mar 8, 2023
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Sep 22, 2014
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IbanLOct 5, 2006