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Citrus
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 15 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 27 votes
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Album Info
Label: Friendly Fire
Release Date: 30 May 2006
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Indie, Rock
Summary
Their music sounds British and the vocals are sometimes in Japanese, but this four-piece shoegaze outfit (returning here with a second album) hails from Brooklyn.
Also By This Artist: Hush Rewolf
Also On The Web: Asobi Seksu @ MySpace Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Drowned In Sound
Asobi Seksu are a band possessing talent and ability far beyond their years and with Citrus they have fully realised their potential in a particularly short time. It is difficult to see how they will be able to better this sophomore release, but you wouldn't bet against them having a few trump cards left up their collective sleeves.
Read Full Review >musicOMH.com
There's plenty of pop tunes here, but there's also enough self expression and leftfield rambling to make this an album of real interest.
Read Full Review >Stylus Magazine
Citrus is an outstanding record because it doesn't fixate on what makes great shoegazer music but what makes great pop music.
Read Full Review >cokemachineglow
Nearly everything about Citrus is so accomplished, refined, and downright transcendent that it could very well stand alongside Loveless as a modernized shoegaze staple.
Read Full Review >Pitchfork
This is electric music in every sense of the word-- amplified, processed, and imbued with a neon glow.
Read Full Review >Neumu.net
Although Loveless and Psychocandy are obvious reference points, this album actually succeeds most on its charming, candy-colored pop songs.
Read Full Review >Delusions of Adequacy
Where Asobi Seksu's first album seemed rushed, a little too experimental, and at times too loud, Citrus brings the right amount of noise, swirling affects, and sound balance.
Read Full Review >Tiny Mix Tapes
If this isn't the album you are blaring out of your car all summer long, you aren't having enough fun.
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
Citrus is as good a shoegaze record you will ever hear, regardless of release date.
Read Full Review >The Phoenix
Although Citrus allures with its dizzying waves of sound and airy melodies, the band never let those elements become tangential or spiral off into cul-de-sacs of pointless theatrics.
Read Full Review >Under The Radar
Finds gossamer dreaminess in layers of guitar noise and static... and a giant scope of influences that trun from the usual Ride/Slowdive/My Bloody Valentine touchstones to The Velvet Underground and Brian Reitzell. [#13, p.83]
PopMatters
While Asobi Seksu recordings have yet to fully capture their live excellence, Citrus is still an accomplished noise-pop album, one that suggests there is plenty of new life yet to be found in exhuming shoegaze.
Read Full Review >Dusted Magazine
That shiver of foreignness adds interest to what is essentially a frothy pop sound, as does the occasionally mesmerizing distortion.
Read Full Review >Paste Magazine
Citrus is the crossroads where My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth mingle. [Aug 2006, p.88]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 27 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Seth C. gave it a10:
Simply the most enjoyable album of 2006.
caleb gave it a9:
Warm, gushing, gorgeous music.
Dan gave it a9:
Simply lovely.
n popp gave it a9:
The first 4 (real) songs on this album are enough by themselves to put this on the best of list. Saw them play last night. Great live, and what a hotty their singer is.
Merritt M gave it a7:
I saw them last night. I got real drunk and don't remember much.
robert g gave it a9:
One of my favorites of the year so far.
John Y gave it a10:
The first masterpiece of 2006 - a stunning beautiful record. "Citrus" sends you off into a soothing stratosphere where problems dissolve like lemon drops. It's that sweet.
