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Generation
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 18 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 3 votes
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Album Info
Label: Astralwerks
Release Date: 24 January 2006
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Electronic
Summary
This is the second album for the London-based electronica duo.
Also By This Artist: Ego War
Also On The Web: 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...
Splendid
By returning to the drawing board they used to create Ego War, Dinsdale and Franks have created a bigger, better version of their all-inclusive dance-pop/hip-hop.
Read Full Review >Prefix Magazine
Despite its handful of down moments that are either too thickly house influenced or too slow and off the mark, Generation shows that the Audio Bullys’ brand of dance music has staying power.
Read Full Review >Alternative Press
Occasionally get[s] a tad too close to Jamiroquai territory. [Nov 2005, p.226]
Slant Magazine
Audio Bullys don't waste energy giving any of their half-baked whims time to develop into songs.
Read Full Review >Urb
Good guilty pleasure music. [Oct 2005, p.76]
Stylus Magazine
This is nearly half of a really good follow up to their debut, but that first sequence of tracks is so lackluster, so full of swagger and bile meaning nothing, that fans may not get to the good stuff.
Read Full Review >musicOMH.com
The emphasis with Generation seems to be on cramming in as many styles as possible. This gets tediously close to "look I'm a DJ, watch what I can play," rendering listening the first few times a nauseating experience.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
It tries to be everything at once, with varying results. [Oct 2005, p.114]
Dot Music
What's that sound? That's the sound of a barrel scraping and a career being flushed down a toilet.
Read Full Review >Mojo
For every shot that hits the target, however, another flies into the blue. [Sep 2005, p.92]
Rolling Stone
A largely vocals-free mishmash of brittle beats, buzzy sound effects and hipster ambience that sounds great when Dizzee Rascal is rhyming over it but cold and tinny on its own.
Read Full Review >Uncut
It's primitive, geezerish stuff but lacks, say, the finesse and humour of contemporary Mike Skinner's work. [Oct 2005, p.112]
PopMatters
Because most of the time they choose attitude over melody or innovation, Generation slips into would-have, could-have territory.
Read Full Review >New Musical Express
For a genre that once sounded astonishingly futuristic, it is quite remarkable how tired and old house sounds now.
Read Full Review >Pitchfork
Generation is a sonic mess, all weightless synth swish, dull beats, and maybe-ironic midi horns.
Read Full Review >The Guardian
Generation betrays Audio Bullys' aspirations to say Something Important, undeterred by the absence of either insight or eloquence.
Read Full Review >Blender
A low-rent version of the Streets without Mike Skinner's wit, they're just a couple of palookas mouthing off in the pub. [Nov 2005, p.131]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jonathan C gave it an8:
I agree that they try to do much, too many styles crammed into one album but I found it a thoroughly enjoyable listen. I bought it on the strength of their first album and this didn't disappoint.
Branko S gave it a9:
Pleasure and privilege is mine.
sam c gave it a10:
Two English producers Tom Dinsdale and MC Simon Franks came together to make the infamous AUDIO BULLYS. and have produced two good albums, good emotional lirycs bout life sick dirty sounds wicked best ive heard in ages
