The La's

The La's - The La's
Critic Score
Based on 5 reviews
1990 Ratings: #12 / 370
User Score
Based on 220 ratings
1990 Rank: #112
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
NME
Like all good LPs, this runs like a juke box. In fact it only starts to falter at the close of Side Two where the desire to get a little heavy cannot be resisted. For the most part is is single after single ringing in your head
BradTasteMusic
68

The instrumentation in this album is amazing, but it falls short of making much of a lasting impact on me. Even returning to it I struggled to sit through some of the tracks I enjoyed on a first listen. It is a really solid 90's project, but I don't get much more from it currently.

RichardsH
74

Forgot this album existed.

Well it’s really well made and the instrumentation is really solid. A few of the songs don’t do a lot for me but it was still a really enjoyable listen

zachthesnack
79

The La's first a only studio effort before breaking up remains to this day to be one the catchiest and fun collection of songs from the 1980s. Though released in 1990, these are all songs that the band had been playing for years and years since their formation in the early 1980s. This repeated setlist over more than a 5 year span ultimately led to the bands demise, but that doesn't mean that that particular setlist wasn't packed full of amazing lighthearted pop-rock bangers with fun lyricism ... read more

John_Torque
80

I love this album's vibe. This is (possibly) the beginning of Britpop, and it feels almost, but not quite, forgotten about. The La's were a troubled band: they were obsessive and could barely get a single album together. Even so, I can't help but feel like they had a lot of unrealized potential. There She Goes is undoubtedly the highlight here, and it's a personal favorite. But that catchy-as-hell guitar riff on Feelin' doesn't get enough appreciation. After that one, the quality trails off a ... read more

spectatortrust
80

Good brit-pop album. Wish this wasn't the only one that they ever released. Perfect is the enemy of the good i suppose.

95

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Added on: May 13, 2013