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I Guess Sometimes I Need to Be Reminded Of How Much You Love Me

EMAILPRINTby Magnetophone

Magnetophone reviews
54
10.0 User Score:

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Based on 6 critic reviews
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Album Info

Label: 4AD

Release Date: 07 November 2000

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Electronic, Rock, Alternative

Summary

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...

80

Magnet

The guitar-free I Guess Sometimes offers evidence that some of the most compelling "rock" music today doesn't come from conventional rock musicians at all. [#48, p.100]

74

Pitchfork

Sadly, I Guess Sometimes... too often falls into the typical pitfalls of edge-of-millennium electronic music. Over the course of its seemingly infinite 65-minute runtime, Magnétophone's formula rarely varies, and many of the songs blur together.

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70

Almost Cool

Whether they're toying with different sounds that have been explored by other groups or pulling out the stops on tracks like "Air Methods," they've still managed to create an interesting batch of tracks.

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40

Neumu.net

Their debut album flits between uneasy ambient pieces, pop songs buried in layers and loops, and crunchy takes on the IDM sound.

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40

Alternative Press

Not much on Magnetophone's debut really distinguishes them from the legion of bedroom-based nerds playing with the same breakbeats and software as they do. [March 2001, p.83]

30

The Wire

What might have been an interesting exploration of Industrial Lite Pop gets spoiled time and again by badly rewired breakbeats and fussy electronic background chatter. [#201, p.66]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

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Marcel L. gave it a 10:
Magnetophone's fantastically cold equator opens the doors to a world of empty architectural vessels, filled with electronic icyness and unease, yet calmingly numbing...

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