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  • Audio CD (16 Jun 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Domino
  • ASIN: B0018CVRCO
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,389 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Signed to Domino records, Kendal-based avant-rockers The Wild Beasts' debut album 'Limbo Panto' is an anarchic affair, embodied particularly in vocalist Hayden Thorpe's manic incantations. With inimitable humour throughout, the band race through ten songs of varied inspiration, from the cod-funk and operatic vocals of opener 'Vigil For A Fuddy Duddy' and the backwards vocal trickery of 'Please Sir' to the more traditional and anthemic closer 'Cheerio Chaps, Cheerio goodbye',this is a flight of fancy that will please fans of the absurd.

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5.0 out of 5 stars these things take time, 31 Dec 2008
By Scooterboy (London UK) - See all my reviews
dramatic, camp, eccentric, quintessentially english. makes you want to flounce about and shreik like a big nancy. surely that is a good thing?
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4.0 out of 5 stars A spectaculous sensation, 12 Aug 2008
By M. Usher (Chester) - See all my reviews
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This is a fantabulous debut album from Wild beasts, and certainly pursues a strikingly different angle to creating music than most of the bands out there that constitute the burgeoning indie/pop scene. And that's a damn good thing too. Consequently, it takes a couple more listens to appreciate the melodies, and there are plenty of them. If a good album means more than tuneful melodies to you, then the intelligent and witty lyrics will keep you coming back for more.

There aren't any weak songs as such and the musical journey never really gets tiring due to Tom and Hayden sharing the vocalist role, with both of their approaches to lead vocals unique and strong in entirely different ways. At some points, Tom's vocals even have a 'Antony and the Johnsons' sound to them.

Some reviewers have expressed a dislike to Hayden's falsetto vocal style, believing it compromises the overall atmosphere and temperament of the composition, suggesting that the album would benefit from eliminating his contribution. Well that would be ridiculous. That is like saying 'Rain Dogs' would benefit from removing Tom Waits' gravelroad voice, or Bjork's albums would be alright if it wasn't for her incessant squeals, or the Smiths would be listenable if not for Morrisey's moaning. It's the natural evolution of a band's sound that makes the band itself. So can those reviewers do me a favour, go and listen to some other indistinguishable indie pop band instead.

Wild beasts have created a deliciously unique sound on this record, and it almost sounds like it is from another world...well, they are from Kendal.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Will a better debut be released this year? , 17 Jun 2008
By S. Reid "happy_daze" (Liverpool) - See all my reviews
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When I heard Elbow's "The Seldom Seen Kid" I was convinced I wouldnt hear a better album all year. I may now have to revise that opinion because this album is simply breathtaking.

Swooping vocals, irresistable melodies, layered arrangements and (finally) a lyricist to match Morrisey for kitchen sink melodrama tinged with ambiguous sexual yearning. The falsetto vocals may not be to everyones taste but its not just this that stands this band head and shoulders above their contempories. Its the sheer bravado this band have, at points it sounds like the songs will collapse under the weight of disparate ideas. But, thrillingly, they have the talent to come back from the brink. Its a roller coaster ride that mocks tired guitar bands following the Coldplay blueprint. There are more ideas in the first track than Coldplay, Keane and Snow Patrol have mustered in their entire output to date.

I rarely get excited by new music nowadays but I cant praise this excellent album enough. Dive in.
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