Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Daily Record | |
| Drowned in Sound | 5/10 |
| The Guardian | |
| Hot Press | |
| NME | |
| Observer Music Monthly | |
| Pitchfork Media | 4.2/10 |
| PopMatters | 6/10 |
| Uncut | |
Initial critical response to Once Upon a Time in the West has been generally favorable. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 70, based on 16 reviews. Review compendium site 'Metacritic' recorded seven reviews with scores of 80 or above, but nine reviews scored at 60 or below. Its overall rating was lower than their debut Stars of CCTV which is rated at 74. An example among the positive reviews was Q's, which gave the album four stars and quoted "goodbye Staines, hello big league".
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