Tourist History

Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
Critic Score
Based on 12 reviews
2010 Ratings: #461 / 919
User Score
Based on 664 ratings
2010 Ratings: #137
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CLJesse
71

[RETURN TO MY PAST ~ EPISODE 1:]

To give an explanation as to what the hell this is: I'm going back to some albums that I used to absolutely adore in my middle school years but haven't heard in a few years. After I relisten, I'll make a brief review of each comparing my current thoughts to the love of my younger self. There's quite a bit that I used to enjoy, so I'm going to specify some criteria as to what I'm including. Each album must be:

1.) I will only be covering bands that had multiple ... read more

Host
72

Cute cat :). “Tourist History” is the best Two Door Cinema Club album by a long stretch, but it still has its faults. This is a messy project there’s no denying that. Its structure resembles a crumbling building in the way where nothing is in order. Another thing that I didn’t like were the vocals. They were so painfully average and by the end I was getting a little tired of em. Where this record shines is the instrumentals, god they are so good. They elevate the vocals ... read more

reptilia0000
68

Carried

Back in 2019, I started listening to Two Door Cinema Club. It was right when I had developed an obsession over any 2000s or 2010s group that could be considered indie-rock. I'll be honest, I listened to this a whole lot... for all the wrong reasons. I seriously wasn't that big of a fan of this project, but I suppose that the cat in the album cover made me wanna return to the thing every other day, whatever it was, there seriously seemed as if nothing really stuck with me, apart from a ... read more

RWBIII
90

Cigarettes in the Theatre - 10
Come Back Home - 9
Do You Want It All? - 9
This Is the Life - 10
Something Good Can Work - 7
I Can Talk - 7
Undercover Martyn - 9
What You Know - 10
Eat That Up, It’s Good for You - 10
You’re Not Stubborn - 9

Overall Score: 90

Favorite: Cigarettes in the Theatre
Least Favorite: I Can Talk

NeptuneWasHere
85

This album is great. Very overhated. Super enjoyable indie rock.

Jacksmileyco
73

Great debut. Ive known these songs for forever

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