▁once ▁you ▁have ▁enough ▁songs . ▁But ▁what ▁we ▁did ▁this ▁time ▁around ▁– ▁and ▁we ’ ve ▁done ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁past ▁– ▁we ’ ve ▁written ▁quite ▁a ▁few ▁more ▁songs ▁than ▁what ▁are ▁on ▁this ▁album . ▁And ▁then ▁we ▁looked ▁at ▁the ▁p ile ▁of ▁songs ▁that ▁we ▁had , ▁and ▁thought : ▁what ▁would ▁make ▁a ▁good ▁album ? ▁And ▁chose ▁the ▁tracks ▁finished ▁based ▁on ▁what ▁we ▁felt ▁helped ▁each ▁other ". ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁ ▁Common ▁Gr ound ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁generally ▁positive ▁reviews ▁from ▁music ▁critics . ▁Joe ▁M ug gs ▁from ▁The ▁Arts ▁Des k ▁gave ▁the ▁album ▁a ▁ 3 / 5 ▁rating ▁and ▁wrote ▁that ▁" it ▁sounds ▁like ▁somewhere ▁between ▁Cold play ▁and ▁Cl ann ad ▁with ▁p ump ing ▁be ats ▁and ▁f iz zy ▁synth esis ers ". ▁He ▁continued ▁by ▁stating ▁that ▁although ▁the ▁track ▁mel od ies ▁might ▁be ▁simple ▁and ▁" che es y ", ▁they ' re ▁" put ▁together ▁with ▁such ▁sin cer ity ▁you ▁can ▁see ▁easily ▁why ▁their ▁fan ▁community ▁cl ings ▁so ▁tight ▁to ▁A & B ". ▁Mark ▁Man c ino ▁of ▁The ▁No ct urn al ▁Times ▁called ▁the ▁album ▁an ▁" art istic ▁master pie ce " ▁and ▁a ▁" sym ph onic ▁tre asure ". ▁He ▁pra ised ▁each ▁track ▁individually , ▁but ▁especially ▁comm ended ▁single ▁" N or thern ▁Soul " ▁which ▁he ▁calls ▁the ▁" catch iest , ▁deep est , ▁and ▁most