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Antidotes - Foals
  • Band Name: Foals
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Apr 8, 2008
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74 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings

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  • Summary: The debut full-length album for the Oxford, England-based band.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Drowned In Sound
    90
    Promise delivered, divided by expectations frenzied, multiplied by still-evident potential for future releases… equals a Pitchfork-style 8.6.
  2. Delusions of Adequacy
    90
    They have crafted a terrific debut album and are prime to make a dent in the indie community.
  3. Under The Radar
    60
    Antidotes is a great dance-rock record, but Foals still have a few lessons to learn before they reinvent the genre. [Spring 2008, p.76]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. danielw.
    10
    Absolutely brilliant, such a good beat throughout. Best album of 2008 so far!
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  2. GeorgiaF.
    10
    Mathletes? Whatever you want to call them, they've combined math rock, afropop, and dance rock, setting a daring new paradigm & an impossibly high benchmark for other indie johnny come latelies to gaze up at nervously. Smashing. Will be considered "breakthrough" by summer in the US. Give us an extra 18 months to let it sink in, but we're trying at least.… Expand
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  3. DaveH.
    3
    If the rest of the album is anything like Cassius it's awful. When will people learn that English indie bands are absolute rubbish- theres a new one every week producing the same rubbish!… Expand
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