Antidotes
by Foals
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Apr 8, 2008
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 83 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 70 out of 83
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 83
  3. Negative: 6 out of 83

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  1. MattA.
    Apr 9, 2008
    6
    Overrated. See Bloc Party' Silent Alarm for something similar but executed much more effectively.
  2. normankant
    Jun 9, 2015
    5
    This album is one of the cornerstones of what silly indie pop is. It contains some hints of math-rock (IMHO an useless sub-genre of prog-rock) but they seem really out of place and casual. There's no real sound research or study under this album, which is also difficult to hear from start to finish.
  3. BouchetSmith
    Feb 28, 2018
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Rythmically it's interesting, because the drummer is amazing. Unfortunately, this brand of 'math-rock' or prog-rock, whetever you want to call it, doesn't provide any emotion. Music should be about making you feel a type of way, but this album just doesn't do that, because it focuses too much on the intellectual aspect of the music. It reminds me of Silent Alarm by Bloc Party in that regard, except BP provide more emotion despite being a similar style of indie rock.… Expand

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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic 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.
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  2. musicOMH.com
    80
    They do make thoroughly exciting music that becomes quickly airborne, able to move the listener to a different plane with disarming ease.
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    Their debut sounds sleek and exhilarating, although Foals seem cautious about completely breaking out of the punk-funk strictures that have confined them so far.
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