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Generally favorable reviews- based on 83 Ratings
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Positive: 70 out of 83
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Mixed: 7 out of 83
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Negative: 6 out of 83
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DaveH.Apr 15, 2008If 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!
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MikeF.Apr 10, 2008Beautifully accomplished for a first album. Up there with Arctic Monkeys, Klaxons, Bloc Party, et al, of this newest Brit invasion. Highly recommended.
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ChristianP.Apr 9, 2008Great debut. However it is ABSURD to call this math rock. Is every song in 4/4? NOT MATH ROCK. Common sense people.
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DRSuMay 2, 2008Not as frenetic as the early EPs but after the 10th it sneaks up on you and you notice the nuances in tracks you thought were duds. (see Electic Bloom, Big Big Love #2 and the ridiculously good Heavy Water).
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GeorgiaF.Apr 1, 2008Mathletes? 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.
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SachinP.Apr 13, 2008
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MattA.Apr 9, 2008Overrated. See Bloc Party' Silent Alarm for something similar but executed much more effectively.
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danielw.May 17, 2008Absolutely brilliant, such a good beat throughout. Best album of 2008 so far!
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Feb 19, 2011'Tis a pretty strong debut! Was flirting with being harsh and giving it a 7, but I think it just about deserves an 8. With a strong balance of Indie anthems and soundscapey journeys like Olympic Airways and Big Big Love, it's got a good variety. There are a couple of lame ish ventures in the form of Red Socks Puge and Electric Bloom, but other than that, damn fine.
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Nov 25, 2014
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Jun 9, 2015This 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.
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Feb 28, 2018This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 15, 2019Well, Antidotes by Foals in a great math rock debut album. It has a lot of energy that Foals have. (8/10)
Favorite tracks: Olympic Airways and Tron.
Least favorite tracks: Red Socks Pugie and Like Swimming.
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Promise delivered, divided by expectations frenzied, multiplied by still-evident potential for future releases… equals a Pitchfork-style 8.6.
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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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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.