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Sigh No More album by Mumford & Sons was released May 18, 2010 on the Glass Note label. English folk outfit Mumford & Sons' full-length debut owes more than a cursory nod to bands like the Waterboys, the Pogues, and the Men They Couldn't Hang. The group's heady blend of biblical imagery, pastoral introspection, and raucous, pub-soaked heartache may be earnest to a fault, but when the wildly imperfect Sigh No More is firing on all cylinders, as is the case with stand-out cuts like "The Cave," "Winter Winds," and "Little Lion Man," it's hard not to get swept up in the rapture. Like their London underground folk scene contemporaries Noah & the Whale, Johnny Flynn, and Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons' take on British folk is far from traditional. There's a deep vein of 21st century Americana that runs through the album, suggesting a healthy diet of Fleet Foxes, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Blitzen Trapper, and Marah. That melding of styles, along with some solid knob-twiddling from Arcade Fire/Coldplay producer Markus Dravs, helps to keep the record from completely sinking into the quicksand of its myriad slow numbers -- tracks like "I Gave You All," "Thistle & Weeds," and "After the Storm" are pretty and plain enough, but they neuter a band this spirited. Sigh No More is an impressive debut, but one that impresses more for its promise of the future than it does its wildly inconsistent place in the present. [A Deluxe Edition of Sigh No More was released in December 2010, and featured the original album, a second disc of 12 live recordings, and a DVD that included all three installments of the documentary "Gentlemen of the Road." } ~ James Christopher Monger Rolling Stone (p. 74) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Mumford's desperation, elevated in TNT dynamics, can be thrilling...". Paste (magazine) - "The unashamedly universal themes are matched by the group's booming sound and imagery that stretches out over space and time."
Clash (magazine) - "Soul-stirring and for much of the time uplifting, the bangs of their banjo and euphoric bluegrass beats make this lot's trade seem untouchable... "

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Perfection in carnate
Every song is fluent and meaningful, Lyrically genious, and full of soul
By shawn_wickstrom (Humansville, MO, USA)
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F Bomb alert
I was becoming a fan of Mumford & Sons from a few of their appearances on TV. I got "Sigh No More" as a gift and was enjoying the music until "Little Lion Man," which included the F word in the refrain. With all the talented writing, it is amazing they took the low road on this one. For me, it really takes away from enjoying the whole album. My interest to go back and play it often has gone down to near-zero.
By tourer (central Florida, USA)
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Hopefully a sign o'more
Out of left field comes this brilliant work--profound, prophetic-- their various eclecticisms all rising together into an organic musical force as compelling as any in recent memory.
By Jesse (Bunnell, Florida)
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