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Mass Romantic

by New Pornographers

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Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating: 2.9970 Mass Romantic is ranked overall as 2.9970 out of 4 stars
Avg. Critic Score: 3.0369 Mass Romantic has an avg. critic score of 3.0369 out of 4 stars

Mass Romantic Album Reviews

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Excellent
4
 
(6)
Very Good
3
 
(7)
Good
2
 
(2)
Fair
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(1)
Poor
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(2)

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PopMatters
The New Pornographers have made such a great album, tuneful, overdosed with hooks, that all the past sins of our Northern neighbors are forgiven. Well, maybe not Rush, but close. ...more
All Music Guide
It's an album that reveals its charms through repeat listens, and makes a listener wonder how the band can master so many different musical styles via so many vocalists while still maintaining a fiercely cohesive sound. ...more
All Music Guide
Mass Romanticis a barnstorming debut from the New Pornographers, a collection of Vancouver-based indie rockers. ...more
Rolling Stone
They're an unlikely combination, a Vancouver indie supergroup with a retarded name and three lead singers: alt-country chanteuse Neko Case, Zumpano frontman Carl Newman and acid-voiced Dan Bejar, who has released some odd, charming records as Destroyer. ...more
Stylus Magazine
The New Pornographers are a pop band. They come clean with us from the beginning, what with pop essentially being musical pornography. No hooks are spared in this album, documenting a full-throttle pop offensive. ...more
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The Daily Vault Album Reviews
In the liner notes ofMass Romantic, the first full-length album by Canadian supergroup The New Pornographers, the band acknowledged that the album was recorded over an extended period of time, in creative bursts. Twelve creative bursts, to...read the complete review at The Daily Vault Album Reviews
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Pitchfork
Their peppy, gleeful, headstrong guitar pop sounds a hell of a lot like yesteryear's Britpop....read the complete review at Pitchfork
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Q Magazine
A rather erratic...read the complete review at Q Magazine
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The Austin Chronicle
The New Pornographers are a group of Vancouver scenesters with an interesting indie pop pedigree. On their debut,Mass Romantic, songwriters Carl Newman (Zumpano) and Daniel Bejar (Destroyer) are joined by filmmaker Blaine Thurier, John...read the complete review at The Austin Chronicle
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The A.V. Club
Some albums demand time to make their impact felt, revealing nuances over the course of multiple exposures. Other albums grab you by the hair the......read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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