Holes in the Wall
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| Studio album by The Electric Soft Parade | ||||
| Released | February 4, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 811 Sound Studio, Arc Studio, Mockin' Bird Studio, Raezor Studio, River Studio, Tom's bedroom | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, post-Britpop, power pop, neo-psychedelia | |||
| Length | 55:42 | |||
| Label | DB | |||
| Producer | The Electric Soft Parade, Chris Hughes, Mark Frith | |||
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| Metacritic | 73/100 |
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| Allmusic |
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| Pitchfork Media | (7.0/10) link |
| NME | (9/10) |
Holes in the Wall is an album by The Electric Soft Parade, released in February 2002. The album was released on DB Records and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. The album features a wide array of sounds, ranging from hard-edged guitar rock (namely "Start Again" and "Why Do You Try So Hard to Hate Me"), anthemic pop (the epic "Silent to the Dark"), and somber acoustic tracks like "It's Wasting Me Away".
Upon its release, Holes in the Wall received some critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews and ratings from mainstream critics, the album has received a metascore of 73, based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."
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In the UK, there were several singles released:
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