Crown and Treaty | ||||
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Released | 30 April 2012 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Label | Luxor Purchase | |||
Producer | Tim Elsenburg | |||
Sweet Billy Pilgrim chronology | ||||
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Crown and Treaty is an album by English band Sweet Billy Pilgrim. It is the follow-up album to Twice Born Men , a Mercury Music Prize album of the year 2009. It is named after the Crown and Treaty pub in Uxbridge, London. [1]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 88/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
BBC Music | (positive) [3] |
Consequence of Sound | B [4] |
NME | 6/10 [5] |
The Observer | [6] |
The Scotsman | [7] |
Crown and Treaty received positive reviews upon release. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 88/100 based on 8 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [2]
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