Length 44:09 Release date 14 June 2013 | Artist Kodaline Label RCA Victor | |
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Released 14 June 2013 (2013-06-14) In a Perfect World
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(2015) Genres Indie rock, Indie pop, Indie folk Nominations World Music Award for World’s Best Album Similar The Fault in Our Stars: Mu, Night Visions, Everything This Way, Long Way Down, Chaos and the Calm | ||
One day kodaline in a perfect world
In a Perfect World is the debut studio album by Irish rock band Kodaline. The album was released in Ireland on 14 June 2013 and includes the singles "High Hopes" and "Love Like This". On 20 June 2013 the album entered the Irish Albums Chart at number 1.
Contents
All i want kodaline in a perfect world
Critical reception
The album received mixed reviews, and currently holds a score of 47 out of 100 on aggregate review site Metacritic, based on 9 reviews.
Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the album a mixed review, saying that "Each track nods to the album's namesake by being acutely aware of unobtainable aspirations, but accepting the stark reality nonetheless. Kodaline are not offering a complete folk redesign - albeit some songs lean more towards indie rock than their contemporaries' efforts - but In A Perfect World is packed with enough heart and soul to make it an enjoyable debut." Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian also gave the album a mixed review stating "Kodaline have already mastered the craft of piling chorus upon unshakable chorus. Most of these 11 songs contain a killer hook, such as the one that transforms High Hopes from wobbly-lipped ballad to hair-tearing tearjerker. Singer Steve Garrigan has modelled himself on vocalists who are experts at jerking the tears, including Art Garfunkel and Keane's Tom Chaplin, in the service of songs that require him constantly to sound as if he's on the verge of a seizure. All told, there's a lot of bodice-ripping emotion to take in, and it's this, rather than the lack of original ideas, that makes In a Perfect World hard to take in large doses."
Ally Carnwath of The Observer gave the album 2 stars out of 5, and felt "That for all their stadium uplift and notionally anthemic choruses, they never deliver a hook or melodic sucker punch that really floors you." Lauren Murphy of The Irish Times gave a similar review, saying "Kodaline are a bit drab...It sounds like [they] are more focused on ticking boxes in order to appeal to their target audience, than on blazing their own trail by attempting something original." Bevis Man from DIY gave a negative review, saying "Let’s be frank here, what this band needs is a punch in the face and to grow some balls. It’s hard not to imagine the band, all still in their 20s, writing the album wistfully looking out of a window and feeling incredibly sorry for themselves." Q Magazine were highly critical of the album, calling it "Entirely meritless", and awarded 1 star out of 5.
Singles
Personnel
Songs
1One Day4:16
2All I Want5:06
3Love Like This3:36