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Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
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  1. May 15, 2013
    50
    The textures are excellent, the songs are OK, but as a whole, it just doesn't pack the emotional punch of earlier outings.
  2. Nov 7, 2013
    40
    A hypnotic album, but one that never quite awakens to its purpose.
  3. May 16, 2013
    60
    The real problem with Limits of Desire is that it’s a decent album that’s difficult to sell.
  4. May 13, 2013
    60
    The only trouble is that nearly every track captures the same sense of John Hughes-worthy nostalgia, with no cut standing out above the rest.
  5. May 13, 2013
    60
    When the band does not explore their influences as assertively, their music blends in a little too closely with that of their peers.
  6. Jun 27, 2013
    50
    While the group’s carefree attitude toward genre saves Limits of Desire from becoming yet another “Millennials-do-the-‘80s” clone LP, these songs on the whole don’t pack much of a punch.

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