Science & Faith
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Science & Faith
Science & Faith is the second studio album by Irish pop rock band The Script. It was released in Ireland on 10 September 2010, via RCA Records. It was preceded by the lead single, "For the First Time", on 3 September 2010. It debuted at number one in Ireland and United Kingdom, selling 70,816 copies in its first week in the United Kingdom. In the United States, Science & Faith debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 49,000 copies. The album has sold 314,000 copies in the US, and over 1.5 million worldwide. The album was met with generally mixed reviews.- Wikipedia
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Alternative Addiction
It’s an ideal sophomore record. With their last album, the band crept its way to a variety of audiences and formats... We’ll see that even more with this new record. “Science & Faith” doesn’t just have the feel of a record that could dominate alternative-influenced formats, but music in general.
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The Guardian
But the production is such a high-shine, epic affair that it all sounds incredibly pedestrian. Mid-tempo guitar rock prevails; so does O'Donoghue's way of raspily soaring through choruses as if his voice has broken free from its moorings.
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BBC UK
The downside of relying on this one good idea quite so much – apart from the rising suspicion that you’re stuck in a musical mirror-maze – is that songs which are not blessed with The Chorus seem to be half-finished.
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Sputnik Music
Musically, although it is a simple album, there are songs which come into prominence. Although the songs are written into a overused style of pop-rock, The Script gave originality to this album, they maintained their style. Lyrically, the themes are very overused: relationship problems, love, break-ups and stuff like that
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Pop Culture Monster
It seems that no matter how conventional and uninventive the band becomes, they don’t need to trouble their heads because there seems to be enough people who are content with purchasing the same humdrum over and over and over … and well, it’s endless.
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Daily Star UK
And so the trio mix gentle hip-hop beats with Keane-esque melodies and huge choruses. Nothing, and the touching If You Ever Come Back, show this to great effect and are particular highlights.
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All Music
Of course, there's no denying that the Script know their way around a melody, and the likes of the soaring string-led "Walk Away" and hook-laden heartbreak of "Nøthing" feature the kind of epic killer choruses that helped their first album shift a million copies. But swamped by the same safe, repetitive, and unadventurous production, the majority of the ten tracks are indistinguishable from one another.
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Noho Arts District
The Script seems to have put their heart and soul into their second and album and it has definitely paid off.
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Express UK
There are stronger tracks than new single, piano ballad For The First Time, like killer trademark tearjerker Nothing and also If You Ever Come Back, a classic example of their knack of turning heartbreak into a cathartic singalong.
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RTE
Difficult second album? Not a bit of it. Stronger musically and lyrically than their debut, this collection avoids the filler that blights so many pop records.
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Baeble Music
But despite simplicity and a mostly made-for-TV view of both love and loss, the optimistic hooks and sap-laden bedside chatter is much more enjoyable than a significant amount of today's popular music. Well-written, hummable, and tightly produced.
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The Next Generation
Perhaps the most refreshing aspect, and overall takeaway from this new album, is that it feels like The Script sat down with every person in my age group and captured a feeling.
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Gigs Interviews
On Science & Faith there are catchy songs with infectious hooks that you can’t help singing. If You Ever Come Back sticks in your head and suddenly you find yourself singing the hook .
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Cutting Edge
Science & faith' has not fully met our expectations. The Script has delivered a decent, fun album. No more, but no less. Not once were we really blown away by The Script on their second album and we would like to see it differently next time.
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Ok!
The sense of musical déja vu, while Nothing is essentially previous hit Talk You Down wearing different clothes! Not that we’re complaining, of course – we’re happy with more of the same.
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Lumen Student
Truly represents what the band is all about. What I find most interesting about this album is that every song describes a part of a journey and it is amazing to see how these all come together into one big tale of heartbreak.
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EW
Even so, the band’s sunny lyrics, tuneful riffs, and build-build-explode! choruses nail a VH1-catnip niche: more propulsive than Keane, less arty-grandiose than Coldplay. Like Blunt, the Script trundle steadily down rock’s middle road. Unlike him, they seem to be enjoying the ride.
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LIU Post Pioneer
I definitely recommend listening to the album, and if you get the chance, see them live. You won’t regret it!
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Music OMH
The Script have clearly channeled their energies into a tried and tested formula. Business as usual then, as The Script stick to the script.
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Ezine Articles
There will undoubtedly come a time when we grow weary of this tried and tested formula, when they will need to branch out as a band and evolve, that time is not now, so for now, let's stick to the script shall we?
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Slacker
Feature the kind of epic killer choruses that helped their first album shift a million copies. But swamped by the same safe, repetitive, and unadventurous production, the majority of the ten tracks are indistinguishable from one another.
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