To the Happy Few

Medicine - To the Happy Few
Critic Score
Based on 14 reviews
2013 Ratings: #436 / 1115
User Score
Based on 14 ratings
Liked by 1 person
August 6, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
AllMusic

The songs are drop-dead gorgeous, the waves of noise and sound are all-encompassing but arranged perfectly, and there is enough joyous craft and blown-out intensity in the sound to keep it from being just an empty nostalgia trip.

80
PopMatters

To the Happy Few finds an older, wiser Medicine freed from any limitations of form and style that its original incarnation had to grapple with, since there’s an open playfulness with the structures they use here

80
Consequence of Sound

As a whole, the album has a wonderful density that reveals a new secret with every listen, melodies buried in caverns of reverb and tricky guitar bits that hide in reversed delay. 

75
The 405

The best thing about their new album To The Happy Few is that it manages to sound utterly contemporary.

72
Pitchfork

To the Happy Few will very likely turn out to be one of the best sounding guitar-based albums of the year.

70
NME

‘To The Happy Few’ might be a fairly transparent attempt to relive Medicine’s salad days, but there are many worse sources they could mine for inspiration.

70
No Ripcord

The resulting album feels fresh and contemporary – as much as any new young guitar band around today – and not at all a retro step. 

70
Under the Radar

The expected abrasive nastiness that should go hand in hand with such a noisy band is cast aside in favour of something genuinely light. 

50
Drowned in Sound

To The Happy Few is precise and calculated. It lacks the irrationality and selfishness that gives a record its soul. Medicine have created an album for their listeners. They should have done it for themselves.

anaccount0
81

for the record i listened to this album like 5 hours ago, just forgot to rate it. last half is much weaker than first half. i like it a lot though.

Favorite tracks: Long As the Sun, It's Not Enough, Burn It, Holy Crimes, The End Of The Line, Butterfly's Out Tonight, Pull the Trigger

Least favorite: All You Need To Know

ShoegazeJake
80

A welcome late-career return to form

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Added on: July 28, 2013