Andorra - Caribou
  • Band Name: Caribou
  • Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Aug 21, 2007
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83 out of 100

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8.5 out of 10

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  • Summary: Previously known as Manitoba, Daniel Snaith returns with his latest album.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    The only problem with this symphonic daydream is that at just nine songs and 43 minutes, it's over far too soon. [24 Aug 2007, p.130]
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  2. Dot Music
    80
    Andorra feels free and fresh, comfortable exploring its own sonic identity.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    The fourth album from Caribou is the sound of the summer we're only just getting round to enjoying.
  4. Drowned In Sound
    60
    So slick is the production and so smooth is the transition from one moment to the next that Andorra suffers from an apparent reluctance to take us by the scruff of the neck and rattle us out of our mental Laconia.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. PaulH.
    10
    Extremely original sound by Dan Snaith...sophisticated harmonies, electronics and blend of vibrant sounds. Caribou gets stronger with every album.
  2. FrançoisH
    8
    So peaceful. One of my best pop album of the year.
  3. BenM.
    7
    "Melody Day" is definitely one of my favorite songs of the year, but after track one, I just kind of lose interest. There's a few more good songs on here, but I thought this was finally going to be the album where I fully came around on Caribou. I still respect the guy and his production skills very much, and his albums all sound really great...but I'll have to try again next time.… Expand
  4. ADD
    4
    hmm. wanted to like it-- absolutely loved the Four Tet remix of Melody Day; but the full Andorra cd shows how a talent for sound production does not translate into being able to write a good verse/chorus style song, structurally or lyrically. very weak. Also I'm tired of Manitoba/Caribou CDs having one good track at the beginning and then lots of bad ones that noodle along. So don't get Andorra, just get that Four Tet remix of Melody Day, and the very first tracks from his last couple releases.… Expand

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