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73 out of 100

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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 14 Ratings

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  • Summary: Two members from the electro-rock group Simian reform and release their own debut album.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
  1. All Music Guide
    90
    Simian Mobile Disco's debut is a dance record that shows a surprising amount of subtlety and flair.
  2. Dot Music
    60
    Not a bad record by a long stretch but a disappointment nonetheless.
  3. Stylus Magazine
    25
    There are hooks aplenty, but they're mushed into a production job that's so caustically lacking in detail and depth, so over-inflated and etch-a-sketched in timbre, that it's almost unlistenable on anything but the most rudimentary of laptop speakers.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. TheGorilla
    10
    Amazing piece of dance - electronic music. I so love this album, I could listen to this album all day long, especially Sleep Deprivation and I Got This Down. And of course, Hustler. Recommended.… Expand
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  2. StephanM.
    9
    Excellent ! This LP is a seminal release for all the guys who like me used to listen to electro-techno stuff for a very long time (the earlie 90's). Ok it's easy for people to dislike those "silly" rave anthems sound, i just like them cause they remind me a lot of things !!! And there's a huge positive feeling listening to that LP !!… Expand
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  3. [Anonymous]
    1
    utterly contemptible. The most bloated, cynical attempt to climb onto the "wow look @ us were kool" nu-rave bandwagon yet. It doesn't even attempt to disguise how unbelievably derivative and poor it is, it just recycles simple melodies and cynical "i liek, go out an punch ppl for fun coz i am hard" lyrics with a production style that can only be described as ugly. I urge anyone who is a fan of real electronic music, god electronic music, to ignore this utter pile of shit. Still better than Kate Nash though.… Expand
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