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Ambivalence Avenue - Bibio
  • Band Name: Bibio
  • Record Label: Warp
  • Release Date: Jun 23, 2009
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78 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critics What's this?

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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

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  • Summary: The second full-length album for Stephen Wilkinson is his first on Warp records.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Lost At Sea
    90
    This new bag of tricks is implemented with due subtlety that bolsters the charming simplicity qualities, while filling the tracks out and, cautiously, adding some curves.
  2. The Boston Phoenix
    88
    Bibio's references may already be T-shirts in your bureau, and his dovetailing of crisp guitars, tangling melodies, smart electronic gestures, and resin-hit production values (all evident on the title track) isn't new by any means. But if you can get out from under caring (that is, if you can locate the title lane), you'll feel as liberated as Bibio sounds here - an artist making a mixtape of himself. Folk yes.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    He's named after his father's best fishing fly, but the pastoral folk moments on Stephen Wilkinson's fifth album of chummy electronica pale next to the glut of nostalgic yearning.

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  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. NachoC
    9
    To be quite honest I did not know what to expect at first when I bought this album. Bibio is not only a fantastic electronic musician but his lyrics and guitar melodies carry you out throughout the tracks. Recommended.… Expand
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