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100
It's the way in which the elements of the track click into place with a Swiss watchmaker's precision and artistry that really hits home.
12y
91
The outcome is akin to an artistic explosion. Instead of falling back on the repetitive thrumming and jangling of their previous recordings, they’ve crowded Our Love to Admire with unexpected rhythmic feints (”All Fired Up”) and Arcade Fire-like orchestrations (”Pioneer to the Falls”) that stymie any attempt at casual listening.
90
With giant gyrating reverberated guitars and a grandiose brass section, this is the sound of a rock band attempting the sweeping gallantry of Sibelius or Tchaikovsky and getting away with it. It represents a smugly victorious ending to what is a phenomenally strong and well-polished album.
12y
90
As with so many classic albums, it’s apparent from Love’s first notes that something transcendent and fiercely magical is about to unfold.
80
Terrible, brooding and magnificent, Our Love to Admire sees NYC's most nocturnal sons sitting pretty at the top of the food chain, looking every inch the predatory creatures that adorn the album's sleeve.
80
In terms of writing and production, this may be Interpol at their best.
11mo
80
It’s a majestic, grandiose, machine-tooled album, subtly orchestrated with gothic pianos and doomy organs.
80
So make a fuss over their return, but let it be for this reason: Interpol have made a great album.
10y
79
Rather than allowing their music to change to fit their new situation, they have produced an album that builds significantly on their past, to great effect.
75
On the whole, Our Love To Admire delivers exactly what's promised, which for fans will be exactly enough.
10y
70
Our Love To Admire isn't going to change many minds--those who already liked the band will find plenty to please, and vice versa.
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4mo
70
Our Love to Admire’s lesser tracks seem to have placed a greater emphasis on texture than melody or even rhythm, which is arguably the band’s most potent weapon. As a whole, though, Sam Fogarino will be satisfied.
10y
70
Falling somewhere between the full-on gloom of their debut and the peppier follow-up, Antics, this new disc may not be their Sgt. Pepper, but it’s still filled with morbidly catchy treats.
11mo
70
There are just enough interesting songs on Our Love to Admire to suggest that they can't be written off entirely just yet.
12y
65
Interpol's third LP sounds more or less like the last two, and that's its biggest problem.
60
Overall, Our Love to Admire is definitely a decent album and I would recommend it, especially to fans of older material. However, if this would be your first experience with Interpol I would suggest looking at another album. Particularly Turn On the Bright Lights.
10y
60
Here's the solid, understated third album that digs in without trying to break new ground.
60
Given the climate, that probably won't bother the browsers in Tesco: glossy, professional, and strangely hollow, Our Love to Admire still sounds like a hit.
60
A few more similarly unexpected turns would have been welcome. But Admire feels oddly reined in, a transitional record by a band not yet willing to completely let go of the past.
10y
60
Admire finds the band's balance shifting significantly; the rhythm players often seem more like glorified session men than integral components of a sleek post-punk machine.
12y
54
Even the best songs of Our Love To Admire can’t reach the boggling complexity and honesty of most anything from Turn On The Bright Lights.
40
Our Love to Admire is the perfect soundtrack for an eighth grade dance, but for actual adults who know better, it’s best to avoid this mess.
12y
30
Our Love To Admire isn’t even a contractual obligation to push off without care. But boy does it sound like one; a band phoning it in, out of steam, and running on a few lingering fumes and smoldering coals.
12y
while its not as atmospheric or ambitious as turn on the bright lights or even antics, our love to admire is still a very well produced album filled with great songs, especially in the first half :)
This is my favorite Interpol record. The best singles they have put out are here, the tracklist is consistent and the production is BIG and atmospheric. Love this record
Maybe it's just weird to me, but all of their album covers have been pretty simple up until this point, where you have animals killing each other. Just a bitttt weird but alright lol
This is another great album. The songwriting is on point, the production is still lush, and the lyrical themes of love are still interesting to me. I love some of the details that are added to this project as well, with the synths playing a little bit of a bigger roll. Pioneer To The Falls is also one of my ... read more
This is actually surprisingly great considering how indifferent people are to post-Bright Lights Interpol. Tons of great tracks and still feels very fresh. I could totally see myself putting this on over Bright Lights every now and then, I really don't get why this album gets written off so much.
Our Love To Admire is REALLY well produced and really consistent throughout - Interpol has a much bigger more atmospheric sound and you can hear things that paved the well really nicely for their self titled album here too. Very good.
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Track List
| 1 | Pioneer To the Falls 5:42 | 94 |
| 2 | No I In Threesome 3:51 | 91 |
| 3 | The Scale 3:25 | 82 |
| 4 | The Heinrich Maneuver 3:28 | 87 |
| 5 | Mammoth 4:13 | 82 |
| 6 | Pace Is the Trick 4:37 | 88 |
| 7 | All Fired Up 3:35 | 78 |
| 8 | Rest My Chemistry 5:01 | 95 |
| 9 | Who Do You Think 3:13 | 78 |
| 10 | Wrecking Ball 4:33 | 73 |
| 11 | The Lighthouse 5:24 | 81 |
Total Length: 47 minutes
Year End Lists
| #4 | / | The Skinny |
| #11 | / | musicOMH |
| #15 | / | Q Magazine |
| #21 | / | Gigwise |
| #38 | / | Treble |
| #41 | / | No Ripcord |
| #42 | / | Consequence of Sound |
| #43 | / | MOJO |
| #49 | / | NME |
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1mo
ok but like in an alternate timeline mind over time was the closer and in that timeline world peace has been achieved
