Tape Deck Heart

Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart
Critic Score
Based on 15 reviews
2013 Ratings: #422 / 1115
User Score
Based on 51 ratings
2013 Rank: #292
Liked by 5 people
April 22, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
Polydor / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
PopMatters

The familiarity of the band with each other and Costey’s well-structured layering of sounds create a very smooth product that allows Turner to showcase his rough voice and punk guitar playing. 

80
NME

An intensely personal record, the process of listening to the dozen tracks here is as intimate – and sometimes as uncomfortable – as reading pages ripped straight from Frank's diary.

75
A.V. Club

Tape Deck Heart might be a far cry from Turner’s strident acoustic punk roots, but his brutally honest self-reflection and unflinching romantic analysis elevate the record into something just as meaningful.

70
Drowned in Sound

On Tape Deck Heart, we see a Frank Turner of extremes, he is at his most resilient, most opinionated and most human.

70
AllMusic

Turner's big expressive voice and gift for everyman poetry loom large over the proceedings, but there's a newfound musical effusiveness at play here as well, due in part to some tastefully simple yet sharp production from Rich Costey

65
Paste

The trouble isn’t with Turner’s songwriting overall—Tape Deck Heart has more than its fair share of strong songs. The trouble is the absence of the sort of fist-pumping anthem that earned Turner so many fans to begin with.

50
DIY

If you prefer your folk-punk a little less try hard however, then you might be well advised to look elsewhere.

Space Vacation
75

A special thank you to my step brother, who I haven't spoken to in a little over half a decade, for this suggestion.

"Time, it will change us but don't you forget
You are the only brother I've got"

liammenzies
84

His most accessible record but his most passion-driven one, Tape Deck Heart is a cathartic listen that is incredibly vulnerable but all the better for it.

CheerCthere
73

Recovery- 8
Losing Days- 7
The Way I Tend To Be- 7
Plain Sailing Weather- 8
Good & Gone- 7
Tell Tale Signs- 7
Four Simple Words- 7
Polaroid Picture- 7
The Fisher King Blues- 8
Anymore- 8
Oh Brother- 7
Broken Piano- 7

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Added on: April 18, 2013