No place in heaven

"Til trods for en stor og fyldig produktion fremstår sangene harmløse og uinteressante, som de er skåret efter alle genrens klichéer og sovset godt ind i studieeffekter og strygere. Jo, man vipper da med foden, de første gange, man hører en sang som Staring at the Sun, der vel nærmest kunne høre hjemme hos Pet Shop Boys, men det bliver simpelthen kedeligt i længden. Og hvis der er én ting, man ikke plejer at kunne beskylde Mika for, er det at være kedelig".

"For all of its successes, No Place in Heaven also does show that Mika still has plenty of wrinkles to iron out in his music, most noticeably in the lyrical department ... Still, these missteps, however noticeable, don't detract from the achievement that Mika has attained in No Place in Heaven ... Nearly a decade has gone by since Life in Cartoon Motion, and in addition to a bevy of unbelievably catchy pop tunes, Mika can now add No Place Like Heaven to his list of successes. This record is many things, but "identity mad" is not one of them; Mika hasn't ever sounded more like himself than he does here".

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