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Universal acclaim- based on 261 Ratings
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Positive: 238 out of 261
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Mixed: 10 out of 261
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Negative: 13 out of 261
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Apr 10, 2013It sure is catchy, and fun on first listen, but subsequent listens reveal a lack of depth. The band has a couple of ideas that they spread out through the album. It gets old quickly, and is not something a patrician listener is likely to remember for much longer than a year.
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Jun 2, 2014An Awesome Wave definitely has some great tracks on there, but only some. And my main problems with this album were generally the vocals, which sometimes sounded a little irritating, but not always, and I found the lack of proper heart-warming strength in these tracks also a problem.
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Mar 13, 2013Alt-J crafts an ethereal ocean of sound that's remarkably cohesive-at once strange and familiar.
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Feb 26, 2013This Leeds-to-Cambridge foursome's unhurried electro-mesh is always more than pleasant and half the time mildly enthralling.
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Nov 20, 2012An Awesome Wave washes over its beached listeners, pleasantly cooling them for a second, then making its retreat back into an ocean of sameness.