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TEENAGE FANCLUB "Man-Made" Reviews
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Release: 7 Jun 2005
Label: Merge Records
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| Playlouder |
Rating: 9.0 |
The album closes with 'Don't Hide' – pop with maturity and bells on. No wonder people are saying this is the best TFC product since 'Catholic Education'. To be honest, though, I think that's missing the whole point.
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| DustedMagazine |
Rating: 8.5 |
Five years is a long time to make fans wait, but the quality of the material and willingness to tinker with their fairly rigid pop formula has resulted in another memorable, extremely listenable collection of songs, and hopefully a harbinger of things to come.
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| Harp Magazine |
Rating: 8.5 |
Bandwagonesque, Man-Made is better suited to a well-lit porch than a murky club.
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| StylusMagazine |
Rating: 8.3 |
There are worse niches to inhabit.
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| Dotmusic |
Rating: 8.0 |
It's advice that Teenage Fanclub have clearly taken to their man-made hearts.
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| Popmatters |
Rating: 8.0 |
They seem to be aging gracefully, but this work only adds to the luster of a group who will always appease themselves and their loyal fanclub, some of whom are probably teenagers.
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| Guardian |
Rating: 8.0 |
It's a difficult album to dislike.
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| ShakingThrough |
Rating: 7.4 |
Man-Made finds Teenage Fanclub successfully keeping middle-age spread at bay.
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| PitchFork |
Rating: 7.4 |
Man-Made ultimately sounds exactly like you'd expect a Teenage Fanclub album to sound, but with just enough extra to make it feel new again.
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| The Onion A.V. Club |
Rating: 7.0 |
Man-Made sports a light drape of strings here and there, and some occasional rhythmic piano or organ, but nothing Teenage Fanclub wouldn't have ordered up itself.
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| Splendidezine |
Rating: 7.0 |
Man-Made is among the finest collections of pop songs any of us will hear all year, and another fine feather in the cap of Scotland's favorite sons.
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| AV Club |
Rating: 7.0 |
Man-Made sports a light drape of strings here and there, and some occasional rhythmic piano or organ, but nothing Teenage Fanclub wouldn't have ordered up itself.
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| PrefixMag |
Rating: 7.0 |
On Man-Made, the rhythms are generally static, almost Krautrock-like -- drum fills are in short supply here.
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| Blogcritics |
Rating: 7.0 |
Man-Made is certainly littered with musical touches and lyrical gems showing that Teenage Fanclub is full of heart.
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| RollingStone |
Rating: 6.0 |
Man-Made shakes the quartet out of stasis with a crisp, contemporary slant on its dependable pop classicism.
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| Aversion |
Rating: 6.0 |
Man-Made looks to make a quiet peace with its restrained melodies.
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