| Enemies Like This | ||||
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| Released | May 16, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | New York City, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Dance-punk, post-punk revival | |||
| Length | 41:43 | |||
| Label | Astralwerks Records | |||
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Enemies Like This is the fourth LP by the New York City dance-punk band Radio 4. It was released on May 16, 2006.
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 55/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| DIY | [3] |
| Drowned in Sound | 3/10 [4] |
| Gigwise | [5] |
| MusicOMH | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 3.6/10 [7] |
Enemies Like This was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 55 based on 16 reviews. [1]
Writing for AllMusic, Rob Theakston wrote: "While there are glimpses of this progression on Enemies Like This, they're all too few and far between to merit this album as anything but stagnant." [2] At Drowned in Sound , Rob Webb gave the album a three out of ten, explaining "Radio 4's latest LP would have been welcomed with open arms by those in search of a quick 'n' dirty punk-funk fix. But now, with the genre oversaturated beyond belief, bands need to produce something special and original to stand out from the crowd. Radio 4 fail to do that." [4]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Enemies Like This" | 4:21 |
| 2. | "Packing Things Up on the Scene" | 4:15 |
| 3. | "Too Much To Ask For" | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Grass Is Greener" | 3:56 |
| 5. | "Everything's In Question" | 4:21 |
| 6. | "This Is Not A Test" | 4:58 |
| 7. | "Ascension Street" | 3:32 |
| 8. | "(Always A) Target" | 3:43 |
| 9. | "All In Control" | 4:28 |
| 10. | "As Far As The Eye Can See" | 4:57 |
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