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| 4.0 excellent | patrickfannon | June 4th 11 |
I Want That You Are Always Happy is a stunning depature from The Middle East's often lofty, ethereal debut, Recordings of The Middle East. Imbued with a very profound, heavy sense of melancholy and pure American nostalgia, the record smolders, emitting a steady plume of gray smoke casually and elegantly. A truly superb independent folk album.
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| 2.0 poor | AtavanHalen | February 1st 12 |
Where do you go after penning one of the greatest songs in Australian music history all before you've released a debut album? Seemingly, in the Middle East's case, down a long and painful slope into sepia mediocrity. The magic of "Blood," the game-changing life-affirmer that started it all, is long gone on I Want That You Are Always Happy, in its place a dreary monotone that weeps, moans and mumbles for over an hour. Taking listeners on a meandering, uneventful journey that leaves them none the wiser on whatever the band is rambling on about, the entire affair is one of sore, devastating disappointment. Not long after its release, the band burned out and announced their split. Can you really blame them?
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| 4.0 excellent | whaka | May 17th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | April 12th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | ADM20 | August 9th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Zay | December 31st 12 |
| 3.5 great | Pndi | December 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | ala | October 16th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | alexdub | September 10th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Gapwick | February 26th 12 |
| 3.5 great | zillah | December 26th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | xapz | December 23rd 11 |
| 3.5 great | Aids | September 11th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | T0rr35 | August 22nd 11 |
| 3.5 great | Mevz | June 4th 11 |
| 3.5 great | cvlts | May 18th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Kiran EMERITUS | May 4th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Dummit | April 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | garth | April 19th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Douglas | April 19th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rowdy | April 7th 11 |
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