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| 4.2 excellent | Thompson D. Gerhart STAFF | November 8th 14 |
There's something very special about I Forget Where We Were that I can't quite put my finger on, which is probably what makes it very special.
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| 5.0 classic | christplatt | June 29th 15 |
After seeing his Glastonbury performance and listening to the album a few more times I have to give this a 5. Love it
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| 0.0 | Observer EMERITUS | October 28th 14 |
"Small Things" makes me want to kill myself, but in a good way.
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| 4.5 superb | TheGreatEscaper | December 21st 21 |
Melancholic, but not defeated. Ben Howard does a lot with a little, and he knows exactly when to expand a song beyond the guitar + minimal drumline/synths to absolutely floor you.
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| 3.0 good | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | September 14th 21 |
The main impact of this album is felt through its lyrics and their interplay with the arrangements. The integral musicianship and song-writing, however, leaves a lot to be desired.
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| 4.0 excellent | Mythodea | July 16th 20 |
Nothing new, nothing innovative, nothing smarter than your average singer/songwriter album, but this is just catchy and memorable and everything flows perfectly (excluding the stinker Time is Dancing, which I utterly detest). It's got the warm feeling of familiarity and genuine expression, the songs are actually strong and never overstay their welcome and the album never loses momentum in its span, with enough variety of sounds to remain interesting. One of the best albums in the genre and apparently, one of Ben Howard's crowning achievements. rEdit: my rating is no. 420 ayyyyy lmaoooooo
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| 4.1 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | October 25th 19 |
Poignant chamber folk kinda ruined by some average production (read: you've heard it all before). The dude is a clear emotion craftsman, and it gets more and more evident with further listens. If you want to check one track to see what this man is capable of, go for "End of the Affair".
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| 3.0 good | TheManMachine | December 13th 14 |
Ooo if I wasn't such a sucker for nice atmospherics and a good echoey acoustic I'm not sure I could tolerate the cliche chorus lyrics ("Has the world gone mad / or is it me?", "Oh I am not myself today / I am not feeling okay" - the first and worst two) and its rock stadium-esque buildups. But bleak slowness is a proud shroud for this otherwise overly familiar English folk songwriter - instead of poofing it up and maybe scoring a handful of hit singles, he airs out the production, stretches out songs, and throws down a heaping dose of plain ol-fashioned sadness. Hm, more things I'm fond of.
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| 0.0 | AgonySadtanoHere | December 6th 14 |
While Ben Howard still is an artist who falls onto the clichê tendencies of his genre, I Forget Where We Were is a darker and moodier progression of sound, style and specially emotion.
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| 5.0 classic | Slex | November 20th 14 |
The musicianship is phenomenal, the songwriting is spectacular, and I find something new on every single listen. This might just be the most complete album I've heard this year, and it's getting closer to a 5 with every listen.
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| 4.5 superb | iSkane | November 11th 14 |
Two fives in one year. Fuck it, I don't care anymore. Ugh.
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| 4.5 superb | 00mee | November 6th 14 |
It's strange to see an artist progress so perfectly between albums. Hpward's sophomore is just ... neat. Here I see music becoming art; while Every Kingdom was a decent collection of songs, this effort seems to say more and expresses more. It's like the music is the means, rather than the end. If End of the Affair isn't considered as a possible song of the year I don't want to be a music critic anymore.
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| 4.0 excellent | jmdau | February 5th 24 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | January 8th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Tom | July 6th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | memnite | November 13th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | anat CONTRIBUTOR | June 20th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | BoerK | October 17th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | June 16th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | woxdy | April 6th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Ben STAFF | March 30th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | March 29th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Collis | March 29th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | fog CONTRIBUTOR | March 26th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sunnyvale STAFF | December 30th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | progsun | October 14th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Gian304 | September 10th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Pangea | July 15th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sowing STAFF | May 10th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Mathias STAFF | April 23rd 20 |
| 4.5 superb | benny06 | January 15th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | obrelix | January 15th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | NoXoR | December 7th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | ellinho | December 1st 19 |
| 4.5 superb | BigHans | November 25th 19 |
| 4.2 excellent | clavier EMERITUS | November 10th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Troggy | October 21st 19 |
| 5.0 classic | sana17 | October 8th 19 |
| 3.5 great | ariich | September 14th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | JNeu | July 1st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | elch21 | March 31st 19 |
| 4.5 superb | A.R.O. STAFF | March 23rd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | po0ty | January 10th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | crab | January 5th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Lucman | October 9th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | AustinG | September 22nd 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Kroehny | September 1st 18 |
| 3.5 great | Snuron | August 26th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Ryus | August 13th 18 |
| 3.5 great | RUSH | July 31st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | blob64 | June 27th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Skoop | June 5th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | sncold | June 2nd 18 |
| 4.5 superb | elioto | April 22nd 18 |
| 5.0 classic | LucasM | February 18th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Oreon | January 10th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Runeii | November 6th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | rigooz | October 7th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fugue | September 19th 17 |
| 3.0 good | tlatla | August 22nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | nebula | May 31st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | lilv | May 26th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | JanK | May 2nd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | benkim | March 17th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Habarug | February 10th 17 |
| 3.0 good | ian b. | January 24th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | 1Kruppe | October 22nd 16 |
| 4.5 superb | gilly | June 23rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jade | April 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | tincat | January 26th 16 |
| 3.5 great | inxcio | January 24th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | gijsr | December 26th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Rory32 | November 16th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Kynarr | November 9th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Strills | September 26th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | September 24th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Nomadic | September 20th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Aeri | September 17th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | akkl | September 14th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Lingwe | September 13th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | teahead | September 9th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | tjare | September 3rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | August 26th 15 |
| 3.5 great | rufous | August 7th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mojito | July 27th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | MarkD | May 23rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | ellagos | April 5th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | JSPRG | February 28th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | sevhar | February 23rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | memedfg | February 21st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | LamboGD | February 20th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Arave | January 24th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | CMDCTRL | January 15th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | baldur | January 10th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | mttgry | January 9th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Aids | January 8th 15 |
| 3.0 good | doqtor | January 6th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | DANcore | January 1st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | nickkng | December 23rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | TBH717 | December 21st 14 |
| 4.5 superb | psandy | December 19th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Yotimi | December 10th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | vivapo | December 9th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Hyndez | December 9th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | mallen- | December 8th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Prole | November 27th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Trebor. EMERITUS | November 25th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | blabony | November 22nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | akimbo | November 20th 14 |
| 2.5 average | mikep87 | November 18th 14 |
| 3.5 great | dan2309 | November 11th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Rowdy | November 10th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Corveau | November 10th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | pachaim | November 5th 14 |
| 4.1 excellent | Rudy K. EMERITUS | November 5th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Surtur | November 3rd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | JS19 | November 3rd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | nebg11 | November 3rd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | plato66 | November 1st 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Thibs | October 31st 14 |
| 4.5 superb | John L | October 30th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Lours | October 29th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | itchy | October 29th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | oahmed | October 28th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Fujay | October 26th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ErecTim | October 25th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Daedus | October 23rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | fdrc | October 23rd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | mitch91 | October 22nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ti0n | October 21st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | B888IE | October 21st 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Scoot | October 21st 14 |
| 3.5 great | Isola | October 20th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Dan H. EMERITUS | October 19th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | RedSky | October 17th 14 |
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