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Sep 3, 2013Simply put, this record already feels timeless.
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Sep 3, 2013There is undeniable passion and love infused throughout these songs and, if they tick all the right boxes, they do it magnificently.
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Sep 3, 2013Cuts like "The City," "Chocolate," and "Sex" drive and climb like the best anthemic '80s stadium rock, roiling a host of influences into a single distinct sound that, the moment it hits your ears, becomes timeless.
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Aug 30, 2013It’s a great pop record with plenty of depth (a rare thing) that will prove divisive.
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Aug 30, 2013[The 1975] offer up some memorable songs with some sharp lyrics.
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Sep 4, 2013It's all promising, even if their debut leans harder on style than substance.
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Aug 30, 2013This is pop, pure and simple, and taken as such, is a rollicking pleasure.
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Oct 15, 2013The 1975 is far from a perfect album. But in many ways, its flaws are part of its charm.
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Sep 4, 2013They’re successfully anthemic on “She Way Out,” like a nerdy, English version of the Gaslight Anthem. But when they try on modern, digitally glitchy production on “Menswear,” by contrast, it feels (ironically, given the track’s title) like they’re struggling in ill-fitting clothes.
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Sep 10, 2013If lyrics like, “If you wanna find love / then you know where the city is,” still satisfy some unrequited teenage dreams, then The 1975 should fulfill that naïveté.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 143 out of 173
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Mixed: 16 out of 173
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Negative: 14 out of 173
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