• Record Label: Rounder
  • Release Date: Feb 27, 2007
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Negative: 1 out of 10

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  1. GFarry
    Mar 1, 2007
    0
    Rubbish. Album should burn!
  2. ThomasB
    Mar 20, 2007
    6
    If anyone ever sleepwalked through a career in music, it's Dean Wareham. His somnambulist tunes -- from Galaxie 500 through Luna and now Dean & Britta with his wife -- pass like ephemeral dreams. They're highly enjoyable in the moment but, like most dreams, are quickly forgotten in the cold light of morning. "Back Numbers" is unfailingly pleasant, but I'll be darned if I If anyone ever sleepwalked through a career in music, it's Dean Wareham. His somnambulist tunes -- from Galaxie 500 through Luna and now Dean & Britta with his wife -- pass like ephemeral dreams. They're highly enjoyable in the moment but, like most dreams, are quickly forgotten in the cold light of morning. "Back Numbers" is unfailingly pleasant, but I'll be darned if I can remember a single hook, lyric or melody even after multiple listenings. Expand
  3. GeneB
    Mar 3, 2007
    8
    Luna's albums were at times brilliant, at times meandering...Dean and Britta sometimes approach brilliance (with a whole different - dare we say - more mature sound), but never meander. Subtle quality, won't knock your socks off, but will have you coming back when you tire of more flashy things
  4. ColinP
    Mar 1, 2007
    9
    A delightful listen reminsicent of a bygone era. Beautiful pop music and virtually flawless in execution.
  5. MattD
    Mar 7, 2007
    10
    As I often do, I disagree with Pitchfork here. The album isn't light - it's a thorough listen that reveals a mystical quality with modern sounding synthesizer meshing with unconventional but haunting harmonies.
  6. RonaldW
    Feb 27, 2007
    9
    More interesting and textured than L'Avventura, Dean and Britta prove that Luna fans don't have to fear the future after all.
  7. JeffB
    Mar 21, 2007
    8
    I'm a huge fan of anything Dean Wareham, but I have to say this album doesn't seem to have the depth as others. I miss being lost in Luna's dreamy-then-manic guitars, and the sultriness of L'Avventura. That said, I still give it an 8/10 and I'll listen over and over.
  8. christopherf
    Mar 23, 2007
    9
    Subtle and compelling melodies flawlessly played. Britta is also far easier to listen to than Dean. This album melts in your ears, not on the cd rack.
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Under The Radar
    70
    The arrangements almost entirely abandon the Velvets/Television electric guitar bedrock on which Luna was founded, instead adopting a basic structure of strummed acoustic guitar, spare orchestration, and burbling synths. [#16, p.90]
  2. Arriving where Luna was already headed at their breakup, the album feels much more realized than that band ever did at their end.
  3. Not a dud in the entire meticulous love letter to a da-do-ron-ron era.