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ARAB STRAP "Last Romance" Reviews
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Release: 21 Feb 2006
Label: Transdreamer
Genre: Pop, Rock
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| Popmatters |
Rating: 9.0 |
The Last Romance is a magnificent, boldly romantic record, alive with a surprising and thrilling universal appeal.
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| Lost At Sea magazine |
Rating: 9.0 |
Triumphant, bitter, despondent, but never false or insincere, The Last Romance is one of the early great listens of 2006.
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| Blogcritics |
Rating: 9.0 |
It's early in 2006, but this is definitely one of the top releases of the year.
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| BBC Collective |
Rating: 9.0 |
The album however direct and dark in lyrical content manages somehow to avoid being at all depressing, but instead uncover the rough edged realities of modern life, while giving a sense of unadulterated honesty and a tingle of excitement.
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| PitchFork |
Rating: 8.0 |
On The Last Romance, their sixth proper studio album, Arab Strap present another song cycle detailing the craggy terrain that separates gloriously tawdry, dead-end sex from more lasting, mature (i.e. boring) relationships.
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| Playlouder |
Rating: 8.0 |
There's no denying the more fundamental impact of this record: with 'The Last Romance', a whole lot of people are at last going to fall in love with Arab Strap for the very first time.
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| SoundsXP |
Rating: 8.0 |
Arab Strap are right up there among the most reliably excellent and honest songwriters that we have and you'd be a fool not to give this a chance.
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| Aversion |
Rating: 8.0 |
We're creatures of body and soul - a truth Arab Strap masterfully addresses with another album.
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| Manchesteronline |
Rating: 8.0 |
And you have to admire the attitude of a band who can call their closing track - a surprisingly upbeat piece at that - There Is No Ending. Sadly, in this case, there is. But it's a fine ending to a fine album.
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| FasterLouder |
Rating: 7.5 |
They have proven you can polish the turgid and, in a brief 36 minutes, capture British pub culture in all its intoxicating haze. I’ll drink to that.
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| Drowned in sound |
Rating: 7.0 |
It's feverish, unbalanced, disturbing, and for the most part captivating.
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| Entertainment Ireland |
Rating: 6.0 |
They're certainly one of a kind - but, then again, one Arab Strap is probably all you need.
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| PrefixMag |
Rating: 5.0 |
Here's the proper romancing we've been promised, and it turns out the boys clean up nicely. They're just better off unwashed.
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