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This album is good in everyway. One of my best albums of the moment.My favourites are Chances, Half Light, Tourist, Trading Air, Wires, If I found Out, Yesterday Threw Everything At Me, Street Map, Modern Mafia, Twenty Four Hours and I Love. You might realise that i have named every song but that is because every song is good and there isnt one bad track on the album. It is different from their debut album, vehicles and animals, but that shows the talent these londoners have.Buy It if you don't have it, You won't regret it!!!

Rating: 5 out of 5

pretty good album all round, but it doesn't match the skill of its predecesor, vehicles and animals. if you are an athlete fan do buy this, but don't expect it to be quite as good as athletes first album.

Rating: 4 out of 5

I had heard of Athlete and had heard the song 'Beautiful' from the first album, and liked it, but I suppose I never really bothered to find out more. I don't listen to alot of radio now as I don't get time, but I do listen to a little Virgin FM when I am drving. I kept hearing 'Half light' and the tune was going around and around in my head for days before I found out who sang it. I thought that I must find out more about Athlete. The next day I heard 'Wires' as I was driving on my own, and for some reason I listened to the lyrics, as much as the melody and by the time the song finished I was actually blubbing, big wet tears! It's ages since a song has moved me so much on one hearing. It was enough for me and I bought the album the very next day. I absolutely love it! Yes, it lacks a little variation but I can certainly listen to a whole album of ballads if I'm in that sort of mood. These are all top quality and I love Coldplay for the same reason. I don't want to compare them to Coldplay, though. It's not fair to pidgeon-hole bands. Modern Mafia breaks it up a bit without blasting your eardrums. A don't know about 'lifeless' as one reviewer called it, if a song can reduce you to tears with its sheer emotion, I don't think you can feel more alive than that. I recommend it anyway. If you don't buy it, at least listen to 'Wires'. I think it's essential.

Rating: 5 out of 5

I was introduced to Athlete by a friend who couldn't stop telling me how good they are, and boy was he right! "Tourist" is a great follow up to debut "Vehicles and Animals" and I would easily put them in the same league as Coldplay. A fantastic band I just can't stop listening to them.

Rating: 5 out of 5

Athlete's new album Tourist is destined to be the huge breakthrough the band are obvioulsy aiming for. This is backed up by the top 5 success of it's first single Wires and also the fact that the album entered the UK Chart at No.1 recently. Despite this commercial success the album is quite a diversion from the debut Vehicles And Animals. If you were expecting more of the same fun quirky pop music that made Vehicles And Animals such a delight then you will be initially disappointed with Tourist. Only Modern Mafia sounds as if it would fit in on that album. The rest of the songs on the album are more ballad like songs. If you like Wires you'll probably like the majority of the songs here. In my mind, the band have changed their style to try and become a larger name. In a sense they are trying to become Coldplay or at least aim for the same sort of fans they have. While in no way is this a bad thing, the only problem is that Athlete aren't Coldplay and the album suffers for that. Most of the songs are not instantly catchy with the exception of Modern Mafia. If you pereseve with it though, the songs will grow on you considerably and it will be an enjoyable album if a little lifeless. However, it is this type of music that seems to generate large sales figures. In summary i'd say buy it regardless as it is a decent album but if you're a fan of Vehicles And Animals don't buy the album expecting an exact replica because this is a band developing into something else rather than sticking with the same sound that endeared people to them in the first place. Instead they will attract an even larger fanbase while keeping many who originally loved them.

Rating: 4 out of 5