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80
Time's Arrow does venture a little outside their comfort zone - the lush "California" is a Cocteau Twins fever dream - but they're at their best closer to home on the career high of "Misery Remember Me", a glittering palace of gothic Italo disco.
1mo
80
Time's Arrow is Ladytron's equivalent of Simple Minds' early-'80s heyday, where burnished synth-pop meets the hyperreality of travel.
1mo
80
Defying the years and possibly expectations, Time’s Arrow sees a band revitalised, creating music with those rare qualities of nuance and complexity, flowing in a dreamlike state where, just maybe, darkness loses the battle against light.
80
On Time's Arrow, they imbue their music with bittersweet commentary, expressing the tricks that nostalgia and memories play on the heart and mind with songs that seem to stop time in its tracks.
70
While the album may find itself guilty of treading the line of pretty-but-unassuming at times - the sheer beauty of every detail is impressive, if not a little tiring - ‘Time’s Arrow’ remains a sumptuous listen.
70
Renewed assurance is clear from the start of their seventh album, with their sound expanded to massive dimensions with great swathes of synthesized colour.
70
Even with its perceived flaws, it offers some real moments of beauty to get swept away in if you're looking for an escape from the world around you.
69
On its seventh album, the Liverpool electro-pop band reaches for a lighter sound, capturing the passage of time in effervescent synths and impressionistic lyrics.
60
Shoegaze-electroclash stars' soundscapes thrive.
60
Time’s Arrow is marked by Helen Marnie’s characteristic, somewhat distant vocals and an icy electronica sound.
60
Although Ladytron's seventh album might have benefited from a lighter touch in places, it still manages to offer up a transcendent space to lose yourself.
60
If Time’s Arrow were a soundtrack to a grim, moonlit landscape of robots and trains and half-demolished buildings it would work beautifully in atmospheric tandem. The problem is that it feels dated and without a solid, resonant purpose.
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Very little to grab my attention here. Not a huge fan of the genre but there are little hooks and no memorable tracks here.
Super one-note and monotonous album. Memorability falls off hard after the first 3 tracks.
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Track List
| 1 | City of Angels 4:38 | 73 |
| 2 | Faces 4:40 | 69 |
| 3 | Misery Remember Me 4:14 | 80 |
| 4 | Flight from Angkor 4:07 | 69 |
| 5 | We Never Went Away 3:57 | 74 |
| 6 | The Night 4:17 | 79 |
| 7 | The Dreamers 3:40 | 72 |
| 8 | Sargasso Sea 3:30 | 65 |
| 9 | California 4:08 | 77 |
| 10 | Time's Arrow 4:00 | 73 |
Total Length: 41 minutes
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Added on: October 19, 2022