Days Run Away
by The House of Love
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. The Guardian
    80
    Their sound is back to its subtle best, all Velvet Underground rhythms and guitars swooping over gentle melodies.
  2. Uncut
    80
    An album which has nothing to do with 2005 and everything to do with 1988. [Mar 2005, p.109]
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  3. Trouser Press
    80
    Although the record shows scant evidence that over a decade of rock music has passed, the band doesn't sound anachronistic or out of touch alongside its younger competition.
  5. Drowned In Sound
    70
    While not quite on a par with the band's self-titled debut album, [it] still stands up quite proudly alongside anything else it's curators have recorded either as The House Of Love or any subsequent solo projects.

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User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. PhillipB
    May 2, 2006
    6
    It's hard to recapture past glories, especially when they were only fleeting in the first place. In the late
  2. stephane
    Jun 7, 2005
    8
    It's still as good as any HOL release. A bit more basic than 90-92 era. Produced by Pat Collier who did their first album. A bit less of It's still as good as any HOL release. A bit more basic than 90-92 era. Produced by Pat Collier who did their first album. A bit less of that wall of guitars trademark sound, more vocal harmonies, a good surprise for the fans, a nice album for the others… Full Review »
  3. KevinP
    May 17, 2005
    7
    Good. Definitely good, but not great. "Kit Carter" is amazing as is "Gotta Be That Way".
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