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Between Darkness & Wonder Image
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

  • Summary: The English trip-hop outfit led by vocalist Louise Robinson (nee Rhodes) and producer Andy Barlow return for a fourth album.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    They remain beautifully true to form. [Listen 2 This supplement, Feb 2004, p.16]
  2. Mojo
    80
    Lamb offer the perfect antidote to all manner of vapid pop-cultural vomitus without sounding pretentious or preachy. [Dec 2003, p.118]
  3. Q Magazine
    80
    Previous albums threatened to impress but always came with bits missing. This is the finished article. [Dec 2003, p.130]
  4. Uncut
    70
    Casts them as confident modern classicists. [Dec 2003, p.126]
  5. Andy Barlow's productions have been defanged; no longer surprising and innovative, they exist as merely proper frameworks for the songs.
  6. Urb
    50
    The fractious tension producer [Barlow] normally whips up to counter [Rhodes] is almost completely absent, thus allowing the run of tracks to discreetly slide off into the background. [Mar 2004, p.110]
  7. The beats are intricate but ineffectual, the songwriting is thin and every song is enveloped in a suffocating orchestral shroud.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. auriuss
    Aug 11, 2004
    10
    best album of LAMB
  2. BettyB
    Apr 5, 2004
    10
    Give it two days of background listening and all the pretty comments listed above will instantly disolve...
  3. TheOmen
    Feb 25, 2004
    7
    Excellent if somewhat inconsistent...moves further away from their 1st and 2nd albums, but the end result is still pretty awesome. And Lou Excellent if somewhat inconsistent...moves further away from their 1st and 2nd albums, but the end result is still pretty awesome. And Lou Robinson is a milf. Collapse