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Stylus Magazine

Noah’s Ark proves, again, that the Casady sisters are perhaps at the forefront of the overlabored ‘freak-folk’ scene.

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Under The Radar

However beguilingly perfect their debut was, Noah's Ark surpasses it in nearly every aspect. [#10, p.105]

Neumu.net

With Noah’s Ark Coco Rosie have truly come into their own, delivering an eccentric sound so one-of-a-kind it could have come from no world but their own.

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Q Magazine

There's nothing here that's conventional-sounding enough to take... CocoRosie beyond cult status, just shard after shard of fractured melody that burrows deep into the subconscious. [Oct 2005, p.121]

Lost At Sea

Noah’s Ark is a distant album - one that outgrows a few fast friends made on Le Maison de Mon Reve and depends on those truly willing to listen. It is a record designed to make believers out of its fans, and is certainly not for the faint-spirited or fickle.

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Junkmedia

The music is as soothing as a lullaby and as challenging as a modern art exhibit.

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Alternative Press

This smartly sequenced album casts a cumulative spell. [Oct 2005, p.156]

Drowned In Sound

The sisters show an ability to pull different sounds and shapes together to make something extremely enchanting and really very lovely.

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Mojo

CocoRosie sound, blissfully, like no one else. [Sep 2005, p.102]

Uncut

Adds extra confidence and clarity to the same basic ingredients. [Oct 2005, p.107]

Paste Magazine

Disconcerting and intensely beautiful. [Oct/Nov 2005, p.146]

Magnet

La Maison offers a glimpse into the Casadys' strange, spooky world; Noah's Ark shows them taking tentative, often intriguing steps outside of it. [#69, p.91]

Splendid

Noah's Ark retrenches CocoRosie in their signature sound and gives us a glimpse of their indubitably eccentric future.

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Dusted Magazine

Noah's Ark is not an end-to-end stunner. But there are bright spots throughout, and the sisters display a consistent penchant for deviating from standard folk and twee pop lyrical imagery.

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All Music Guide

A disappointment mostly in comparison to the seemingly out-of-nowhere brilliance of La Maison de Mon Reve, Noah's Ark might fail to charm those not already bewitched by that album, but it won't break the spell for devoted fans.

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Filter

It is the sisters' old-timey voices that capture and carry the beautiful eeriness of these minimalist songs. [#17, p.103]

Billboard

Overall it's rather tough to get a grip on what they're getting at.

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New Musical Express

For all there is to grind your teeth and hate about CocoRosie, there's much to love. [8 Oct 2005, p.45]

Prefix Magazine

Your enjoyment of this album will depend on how open you are to cats meowing, telephone rings, and French spoken-word passages weaving in and out of the songs.

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ShakingThrough.net

The pair overextend themselves often enough to appear to be posturing, costing them some of their charm.

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The Guardian

So knowingly arty it could be sponsored by the Saatchi gallery, it irritates more than it charms.

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Pitchfork

One of the most annoying records you're liable to remember.

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cokemachineglow

CocoRosie are clearly talented when they keep things focused; fact is, though, that Noah’s Ark is so steeped in its own random, garbled universe that it makes for a frustrating, unrewarding listen.

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Spin

They make each shimmer of postnatal whimsy seem like an eternal gulag of the spotless mind. [Sep 2005, p.109]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 7.3 (out of 10) based on 24 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jeremy F gave it a4:
Now here's a band that is going to get slammed for whatever step they take. At least by some people. See that zero up there? Well, CocoRosie are very talented, and hardly deserve a zero, or even a 10 or 20. La Maison was very good, and haunting, but they showed some kind of a eerie charm. However, Noah's Ark, while still a decent album, fails to deliver with the same strength as La Maison. It seems like they are either trying way too hard to incorporate the loud, obnoxious toys, OR they are trying enough. Whatever the case, this album ends up being quite a dark, annoying, sometimes-almost-scary adventure. With the exception of some amazing tracks (K-Hole, South 2nd, Noah's Ark, and Honey or Tar) this album fails compared to the last one AND the 3rd one. The interludes Brazlilian Sun & Bisounars [or whatever] throw me off completely, and I'm glad that Honey or Tar, the great last song, IS the last song, at 2 minutes and 8 second. Seriously, CocoRosie are clearly talented, this just isn't as refined as they OBVIOUSLY can be. Big fat 4.

Andy H gave it a10:
People are too stupid to realize how good this is.

Sebastian I gave it a9:
Best tracks in my opinion are: "South 2nd" and "Armageddon". But it really depends on whether you like the sound, it is a kind of pretentious sound I guess. All in all a good record for me, but I think it something you will either love or hate.

Sonia R gave it a10:
unlike anything I've ever heard; grates on every emotion you could possible have and leaves you wanting more......both a shame and a miracle they haven't been given more attention.

pepe d gave it a10:
just perfect. lovely gigs

Sean T gave it a5:
felt like they didnt try as hard musically than on their first album. kind of a bore.

Mary M gave it a10:
Heard "Beautiful Boys" on the radio and had to go buy the album and can't stop listening to it. I'm sure it's not for everybody, but it really gets to me.

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