Celebration
by Celebration
  • Record Label: 4AD
  • Release Date: Oct 11, 2005
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Neumu.net
    90
    An exhilarating take on rock-'n'-roll caught, torn, between striving for the light and reveling in the dark.
  2. Lost At Sea
    85
    Celebration is pure ecstasy, a sexual, spellbinding listen that acts on you physically.
  3. AllMusic
    80
    Theatrical and heartfelt, Celebration is a fully realized debut that promises even better things to come.
  5. Alternative Press
    80
    Celebration represent the Baltimore trio's arty fringe-rock obsessions in sleeker, more resonant forms. [Feb 2006, p.120]
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  6. Prefix Magazine
    80
    Celebration is as theatrical as it is guttural, with Ford’s voice bellowing above cabaret-style organs, sharp guitars and loose, spiraling drum riffs.
  7. Dot Music
    80
    It's a dizzyingly impressive debut.
  8. Mojo
    80
    This is one darkly alluring trip. [Mar 2006, p.108]
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  9. Uncut
    70
    Dark cabaret with an unhinged, dervish energy. [Feb 2006, p.70]
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  10. Pitchfork
    67
    The band sounds something like 4AD's entire catalogue being chopped up and fed through a meat-grinder.

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User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. D
    Mar 31, 2006
    9
    Celebration is crazy!!! This is real music, gets me so pumped to live...And their live shows are killer - This band is way way underrated....
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