Brainfeeder X
by Various Artists
User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
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  1. clem666
    Sep 8, 2021
    5
    This two-hour long double CD compilation showcases the greatest names of the 'Brainfeeder' label, for the best but also unfortunately also for the worst. Tracks go on and on as each artist desperately wants to leave his own impression on the listener, leaving a weird feeling about the tracklist. Thundercat just couldn't help but include his very famous hit 'Them Changes', just to make sureThis two-hour long double CD compilation showcases the greatest names of the 'Brainfeeder' label, for the best but also unfortunately also for the worst. Tracks go on and on as each artist desperately wants to leave his own impression on the listener, leaving a weird feeling about the tracklist. Thundercat just couldn't help but include his very famous hit 'Them Changes', just to make sure to be clearly seen as the head of the label. The songs follow one another without real interesting articulation, going from pleasant experimental house to incomprehensible, aggressive and messy techno style.

    Even if I can't deny the fact that this record made me discover interesting artists (as Ross from Friends, Strangeloop or Teebs), it also made me bleed from the ears from time to time with very painful tracks. Definitely interesting but the length of 'Brainfeeder X' and its impressive amount of songs make it a tough patience test only true music adventurers can overcome.    … Expand

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. The Wire
    Jan 25, 2019
    80
    Though the compilation is vast and the songs hardly bleed into one another--we’re often jumping genres, pivoting off cascading basslines and quickly changing pace without missing beats--there is a level of thematic cohesion here. [Feb 2019, p.66]
  2. Mojo
    Nov 21, 2018
    80
    This lavish 36-track celebration doesn't settle for just reheating the best bits, cheerily omitting anything from Kamasi Washington's jazz clarion call The Epic, while proffering 22 new tracks that flaunt its roster's strength in depth. [Jan 2019, p.105]
  3. Q Magazine
    Nov 20, 2018
    80
    It's a journey that's wildly eclectic, hard to endure through every tangled turn, but impossible not to love. [Jan 2019, p.117]
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