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The Austin-based duo releases its first new album in six years.
| LABEL: | Kranky |
| RELEASE DATE: | 07 April 2007 |
| DISCS: | 2 disc |
| GENRE(S): | Rock, Electronic |
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The average user rating for this album is 6.8 (out of 10) based on 89 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
G Clark gave it a10:
This is just one of the greatest albums ever released in the drone music genre. If you like drone music, chances are you know Stars of the Lid already. If you don't... Well, why are you listening anyway? Drone music uses sustained sounds and is very slow. You've been warned. Stop trolling.
senor discount gimme the discount gave it a0:
critical acclaim? - this is caca. i haven't heard the like of this shite since generating monotones to figure out at what frequency my speaker's tweeters were buzzing. 2012 has got to be the end of the world when shit like this makes critics swoon. Heaven help us, gimme lynrd sknyrd, or the eagles, or metallica.
Paul C gave it a6:
I found this to be pleasant album, the kind of thing you can have on in the background and no one will complain, and one or two people might even inquire as to who the artist is. It's like frosting on a cake, but how much of it can you eat before you want something more substantive. This album, along with Burial and The Field, is vastly overrated by critics. Spoon, Arcade Fire, The National and probably 10 other bands put out albums better than this in 2007, and yet for some reason this is the fourth best album of 2007. Five years from now this will not be an album you are still listening to with any sort of frequency; it will simply be useless space on your iPod. This is a good, not great album, and there are a lot of better artists to support both financially and critically.
People People gave it a7:
Nice Iban. Very thought provoking review "you"wrote there. How about not plagiarizing inches below the review. You just convinced me to buy this.
Stu P gave it a10:
No it isn't for everyone but anyone who can't put on a pair of headphones, close their eyes and feel washed away by the gorgeous soundscapes must be very hard indeed. I have been listening to it constantly whilst marking 31 SAT papers and it has helped a great deal!
Blake Blake gave it a4:
Yeah its pretty, but how much pretty can a person take?
Matthew B gave it a10:
It's an album people seem either to love or to hate. So at least it's not a mediocrity, which is probably the worst thing of all. I think it's brilliant.
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