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Acolyte

EMAILPRINTby Delphic

Delphic reviews
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7.6 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 11 critic reviews
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Album Info

Label: Polydor

Release Date: 11 January 2010

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Rock, Dance

Summary

The British trio from Manchester releases their debut album of dance rock.

What The Critics Said

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80

BBC Music

From a palette of familiar reference points, they’ve created a fresh, vital sound that could prove to be the basis of an impressive career.

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80

Drowned In Sound

Acolyte certainly won’t be 2010’s most adventurous album, but it’s not trying to be. Instead, it’s almost certain to be one of the year’s most immediate and assured records, particularly for a debut, boasting any number of potential hit singles.

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80

musicOMH.com

Delphic have started 2010 as we all hope it will go on - with superb music.

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80

New Musical Express (NME)

While there are a couple of tracks here that are close to filler, Delphic have proved that they are adept at This Kind Of Thing, which is cause for celebration alone.

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80

The Guardian

On the downside, Acolyte certainly has its derivative moments, although it could be reasonably argued that there are infinitely worse people to sound like than New Order. On the plus side, they've certainly gleaned how to pull off New Order's most celebrated trick: melding dancefloor electronics and rock.

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75

cokemachineglow

It is during this fifteen-minute stretch that the album transcends its familiar, blokey, mad-for-it Mancunian template and, though you’ve heard all these tricks before, achieves something charming, familiar, fucking good—and this is the level on which Delphic needs to operate more often if they’re going to wring a lasting impression from this sound.

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70

Clash Music

Acolyte may infuriate dance purists with its naive inflections but for more pop orientated people it’s a fun, if somewhat formulaic start to the decade.

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70

Rock Sound

There’s enough originality to warrant a second look, though, evoking the epic soul of the infamous The Haçienda club with percussive clatter overseen by techno producer Ewan Pearson.

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60

Dot Music

A likeable fusion though it is, there's none of the innovation of the much groovier The XX, nor are there the soaring peaks and chilly troughs, bonkers FX or even the gauche emotion that propels most dance music.

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60

Uncut

There are flashes of brilliance here, but you do long for a wink or a flicker of wit. [Feb 2010, p.88]

50

Pitchfork

It's just that it feels so characterless and anonymous.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Mark B. gave it a7:
Acolyte is a good album with plenty to get excited about. Opening track of Clarion Call is energetic and with the album featuring fan favourites such as Counterpoint and Doubt; They wont be disappointed with the album! A few other stand out tracks are Halcyon and Submission. Acolyte may not grab you on your first listen but after a few times you will enjoy. A solid debut album.

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