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In This Light & On This Evening

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 25 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 18 votes
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Album Info
Label: Kitchenware
Release Date: 19 January 2010
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Rock, Indie
Summary
The third album for the British rock band was produced by Flood.
Also By This Artist: An End Has A Start The Back Room
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
The Guardian
Frontman Tom Smith is clearly still touchy about "living out second-hand cliches", but his band are finding their own voice.
Read Full Review >Uncut
Guitar band goes synth' isn't going to stop any presses, but this new phase perfectly suits Editors well. [Nov 2009, p. 84]
Alternative Press
Thanks to nuanced production by Flood and a dizzying array of synthesizer textures, In This Light & On This Evening is a resounding step forward for the British band. [Feb 2009, p.93]
Lost At Sea
While Smith & Co. may overuse a keyboard riff or two on In This Light, we shouldn't really let that sully this dark, majestic detour.
Read Full Review >Filter
It's hard to talk about the Editors without drawing comparisons to their Great Brit predecessors Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen, and on In This Light, these comparisons ring true. [Holiday 2009, p. 92]
Spin
The change in emphasis is jarring at first, but embrace your inner goth and you'll realize that the band's signifiers--frontman Tom Smith's outsize baritone, a penchant for high drama--remain intact.
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
While it seems they will probably never equal the majesty of their debut, Editors have dug themselves out of their artistic cul de sac at least long enough to plan their next move.
Read Full Review >Drowned In Sound
Editors have crafted a bold statement of intent, one that hopefully suggests a continuingly bold future.
Read Full Review >Billboard.com
It's hard not to see Editors' third album, In This Light and on This Evening, as its New Ordering-a marked shift away from guitars to synthesizers and a cleaner, dance-friendly vibe that still maintains much of the emotional heft. But the transition can seem a bit self-conscious.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe
Dirty propulsive bass and disco beats still drive the songs, but it’s a departure from the band’s early, stunning work. It’s also a huge bummer.
Read Full Review >Under The Radar
In their attempts to procure an oppressively dark ambience, they have bypassed heroes Depeche Mode and New Order, landing straight in standard-issue mail-Goth territory--a place with little thematic variation. [Holiday 2009, p.76]
musicOMH.com
Their sonic departure won't be radical enough to put off fans, but the ultimate feel is familiar enough not to persuade any detractors. They may have taken a step forward, but they're still on the same street.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
As an album, it is an imposing structure, a statement to their architectural skill. Beneath their grand design, however, Editors exists in a grey area, mistaking the half-light for night. They're not quite masters of darkness yet. [Nov 2009, p.105]
No Ripcord
This third effort is trying too hard to innovate by, once again in Editors fashion, obviously borrowing from somewhere else.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club)
The highlights are few and far between: Editors may have thought they were progressing by getting synthesized, but it’s ultimately a case of one step forward and two steps back.
Read Full Review >Slant Magazine
Despite embracing their electronic influences with much gusto on these more inspired outings, though, the record's middle stretch feels both forced and forgettable.
Read Full Review >PopMatters
In This Light and on This Evening dials it down so far that it doesn’t contain one track that comes close to the power of songs they seemed to toss off so effortlessly before.
Read Full Review >New Musical Express (NME)
They’ve possibly succeeded in alienating the casual fan with the brief moments of nastiness that are here.
Read Full Review >Sputnikmusic
Fans of the band are either going to be blindly loyal, or extremely disappointed with this release. Meanwhile, those who felt that Editors were overly generic will either be interested in their new direction, or simply feel they are now generic in a different genre.
Read Full Review >Mojo
It's a curiously dated backdrop that, although sitting well with Smith's occasionally pompous lyrics, does no favours to the singer's foghorn baritone; a problem that might have been saved by some radio-friendly tunes, which are notably thin on the ground this time. [Nov 2009, p.90]
Dot Music
In This Light And On This Evening is a weak, ill conceived and uninspiring effort.
Read Full Review >Pitchfork
It's sort of a catch-22 that Editors can write songs sticky enough to be memorable in unfortunate ways.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times
Editors' ponderously titled third album is a disappointing reversion to form, with listless melodies, gloopy, synth-heavy arrangements and corny lyrics that might pass for sly goth-culture satire if Smith didn't deliver them with such self-serious bravado.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly
Not even superproducer Flood (U2, Depeche Mode) can save the postpunk singer from misery. Or from overacting.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 6.1 (out of 10) based on 18 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Cody T. gave it an8:
IDK why on earth this record has been met with poor reviews and fan recption. This is their best album and Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool is easily the most epic and worthwhile thing the band has ever produced. i for one recommend this album.
