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The Sun & The Neon Light
by Booka Shade
The German duo releases its third album, produced by Arno Meriziger and Walter Krammermeier.
| LABEL: |
Get Physical |
| RELEASE DATE: |
27 May 2008 |
| DISCS: |
2 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Electronic |
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90
Urb
A bit more variance in terms of these aspects would have rounded everything out. Other than that minute observation, The Sun & The Neon Light is a fantastic album.
80
The Guardian
Booka Shade's fixation with lighting up the brain's pleasure circuits is even more shameless than in the past, but from the transcendent riff of Control Me to the hand-claps and whirling synths that propel Charlotte, it is still irresistible.
80
Q Magazine
They're one of European techno's most respected names, a status enhanced by this elegant follow-up to 2006's "Movements."
80
Billboard
The result is simple and sparse, but more satisfying than heavier-handed electronic projects.
80
musicOMH.com
What impresses most of all about this album, however, is the accomplishment and confidence with which it's constructed, and the economical way Merziger and Kammermeier make use of the huge array of colours and sounds at their disposal.
70
Slant Magazine
Fans can rest easy: Sun and the Neon Light is not perfect, but it's also no late-model Chemical Brothers album.
60
Spin
Effectively reinventing their sound with these glooomy anthems, Booka Shade should still rock the superclubs with ease. But some may miss the clever duo known for the carefree pulse of singles. [July 2008, p.94]
60
All Music Guide
Loyal listeners looking for a more "personal" album from the band will have fewer complaints, but the casual fan will miss the more dynamic and vibrant elements of their earlier work.
60
cokemachineglow
There’s other fun songs on The Sun, but nothing that sustains itself as consistently as “Charlotte” and “Numbers.”
60
Prefix Magazine
It seems they have forgotten that no matter how appealing this concept is to them, nothing is more appealing for the listener than experiencing the artists as they really are, not as they want to be.
58
Pitchfork
What the title describes is just as ineffable as their sound: you can see it coming down, but somehow it fails to leave any tangible impression.
50
Dusted Magazine
Trying to meet somewhere between the dancefloor and the bedroom, between the realm of communal delight and solitary reflection, Booka Shade just wind up in the middle of the road.
50
PopMatters
All that studio thaumaturgy is still present on The Sun and the Neon Light, but as Booka Shade’s bid that they’re human after all, the calculations here come off with a less-than-wholly organic equation that feels flat, not taking into account the wild variation that comes with raw human contact.
40
NOW Magazine
It’s not a complete washout; there are indeed some promising moments. Unfortunately, none of them get developed enough to compensate for the blandness of the rest of the album.
The average user rating for this album is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
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