Road To Rouen - Supergrass
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  • Summary: This is album nubmer five for the UK rockers led by Gaz Coombes.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 22
  2. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. While the music is eclectic and teeming with exotic textures, it always feels coherent and easy to love, and might even earn the band a nomination as Britain's Best Pop Group.
  2. Supergrass hasn't bothered with an unnatural, radical shift into experimental sounds and ideas; rather, they've simply recorded their fifth studio album. [#11, p.112]
  3. A beginning to end enchanting and addictive album.
  4. The album is heavy on texture and short on shape.
  5. Road to Rouen isn't going to blow away any fan new to Supergrass, nor is any old fan going to go ga-ga over what they're hearing, but it's good to know the band isn't sitting on their laurels fantasizing about killing their commercial appeal.
  6. 67
    [A] pensive disc. [Oct 2005, p.137]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Negative: 2 out of 19
  1. BasarU.
    Jan 19, 2008
    Listen 10 times, then you'll understand this 10.
  2. LeonardoF
    Oct 26, 2005
    Fantastic album - it's like a journey back to 1972. I can feel the influence of The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, T. Rex and many other 70s rock bands. They're not trying to be pop, they're only having fun with their music and trying to expand their sound. Expand
  3. JonathanD
    Nov 11, 2005
    A mellow collection of beautifully crafted songs by a band who care far more about their musical direction more than their popularity. 'Tales of Endurance', 'Sad girl', 'Roxy', 'Kick in the teeth' and 'Fin' are my favourites, but all the songs are good. I enjoy it more each time I listen to it. Expand
  4. [Anonymous]
    Sep 27, 2005
    Nearly perfect album. Every song leaves you wanting more. The only criticism is that it's too short. Supergrass are like a fine wine - when they were young they were punchy and to the point and made you expect great things, but now they have mellowed and gained a complexity that makes their appeal more elusive and more satisfying. Expand
  5. ChristopherFromCalifornia
    Sep 29, 2005
    This is actually a very solid album. This is another in a long line of groups that are changing their music around (ie BRMC, White Stripes). Who would've thought that a group that has been around for over 10 years still has the energy to release such a great album. Excellent! Expand
  6. EnzoF
    Dec 3, 2005
    Brioche del danubio
  7. billr
    Oct 4, 2005

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